Corniculate cartilage
System
Respiratory
SNOMED CT
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Corniculate cartilage
Definition
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].
Also known as cartilage of Santorini, cartilagines corniculata, Santorini's cartilage — per UBERON
The Corniculate cartilage is a part of the Respiratory.