The cricotracheal ligament connects (the inferior border of) the

cricoid cartilage The cricoid cartilage , or simply cricoid (from the Greek ''krikoeides'' meaning "ring-shaped") or cricoid ring, is the only complete ring of cartilage around the trachea. It forms the back part of the voice box and functions as an attachment sit ...

superiorly, and the first tracheal cartilage ring inferiorly. It is continuous with the tracheal

perichondrium The perichondrium (from Greek and ) is a layer of dense irregular connective tissue that surrounds the cartilage of developing bone. It consists of two separate layers: an outer fibrous layer and inner chondrogenic layer. The fibrous layer conta ...

and resembles the fibrous membrane which connects the cartilaginous rings of the trachea to each other. Larynx detailed

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Ligaments of the head and neck {{respiratory-stub