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corniculate cartilage

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The corniculate cartilages (cartilages of Santorini) are two small conical nodules consisting of yellow elastic cartilage, which articulate with the summits of the arytenoid cartilages and serve to prolong them posteriorly and medially. They are situated in the posterior parts of the aryepiglottic folds of mucous membrane, and are sometimes fused with the arytenoid cartilages. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corniculate_cartilages ]

Synonyms: Santorini's cartilage, cartilagines corniculata, cartilage of Santorini

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