Fig. 11.1. Thyroid cartilage and thyroid gland. A - Anterior view. B - Transverse section. C - Pictogram. Horizontal line on the pictograms shows the level of transverse section. Numbers indicate anatomical structures in fig.11.1-11.4.
Cartilago thyroidea - cornu superius (1), lamina sinistra (2), incisura thyroidea superior (3), tuberculum thyroideum su-perius (4), linea obliqua (5), incisura thyroidea inferior (6), tuberculum thyroideum inferius (7), cornu inferius (8), promi-nentia laryngea (9), glandula thyroidea - lobus sinister (10).

 


Fig.11.2. Thyroid cartilage and thyroid gland. A - Right lateral view. B - Transverse section. C - Pictogram.


Fig. 11.3. Thyroid cartilage and thyroid gland. A - Posterior view. B - Transverse section. C - Pictogram.





Fig.11.4. Transverse echograms of the fore-part of the neck at the level of the thyroid cartilage and their sche-matic representations. Normal.
Section No. 1 - at the level of the superior tubercles of the thyroid cartilage.
Section No. 2 - at the middle level of the thyroid cartilage lamina.
Section No. 3 - at the level of the inferior tubercles of the thyroid cartilage.
Section No. 4 - at the level of the inferior horns of the thyroid cartilage.