Cricoid pressure may also compress the glottis, which can obstruct the view of the laryngoscopist and actually cause a delay in securing the airway.
22.
A magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) exam revealed a compression fracture of the cricoid, a ring-shaped piece of cartilage near the larynx.
23.
The Sellick Maneuver is performed by applying gentle pressure to the anterior neck ( in a posterior direction ) at the level of the Cricoid Cartilage.
24.
Upon further review, David Wyman's fine for busting Hostetler's cricoid is upped from $ 4, 000 to $ 12, 000.
25.
The lamina, while the anterior part is the band; this may be the reason for the common comparison made between the cricoid and a signet ring.
26.
The trachea is surrounded by rings of hyaline cartilage; these rings are incomplete and C-shaped, except for the first ring, called the cricoid cartilage.
27.
The "'Cricoarytenoid ligament "'extends from the lamina of the cricoid cartilage to the medial surface of the base and muscular process of the arytenoid cartilage.
28.
Killian's diverticulum is formed in the Killian-Jamiseon triangle ( located inferior to the cricopharyngeus on both sides of this muscle's insertion into the cricoid cartilage ).
29.
Areas near the cricoid cartilage and carina are fixed to the thyroid cartilage and the pericardium respectively; thus if the airways move, they can tear at these points of fixation.
30.
The picture ( Respiratory system complete en . svg ) has three errors in the labelling : " Cricoid cartilage ", " Lingular division bronchus " and " Intermediate bronchus ".
