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Cricothyroid Joint

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Last updated: Dec 9th, 2024
Cricothyroid Joint
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The cricothyroid joint connects the cricoid cartilage and the thyroid cartilage. It has the important function of changing a person's pitch in their voice by adjusting the tension of the vocal cords. The endolaryngeal vocalis controls most of the tension along with the extralaryngeal cricothyroid muscles that alter the tension of the vocal fold by thinning the cricothyroid space available by rotating and sliding movements in vertical and horizontal directions that the cricothyroid articulation allow.