Human Reference Atlas

Last uploaded: January 7, 2025
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001741
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001741
Preferred Name

corniculate cartilage

Definitions
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].
Synonyms
cartilagines corniculata
Santorini's cartilage
cartilage of Santorini
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