OTOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY: AN INTEGRATIVE VIEW OF THE LARYNX

Timothy M McCulloch; Douglas Van Daele; Michelle R Ciucci

doi:10.1002/hed.21901

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OTOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY: AN INTEGRATIVE VIEW OF THE LARYNX

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OTOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY: AN INTEGRATIVE VIEW OF THE LARYNX

Timothy M McCulloch, Douglas Van Daele and Michelle R Ciucci

Head & neck, Vol.33(1), pp.S46-S53

10/2011

DOI: 10.1002/hed.21901

PMCID: PMC3469322

PMID: 21910154

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Abstract

The glottis is composed of muscular, cartilaginous, and other viscoelastic tissues which perform some of our most important, complex, coordinated, and life-sustaining functions. Dominated by the thyroarytenoid muscles and associated glottic closure muscles, the larynx is involved in respiration, swallowing, voicing, coughing, valsalva, vomiting, laughing, and crying. With respiration continuing in the background, all other “secondary” laryngeal events seamlessly occur. When the delicate balance of coordinating these events is disrupted by disease or disorder, many of these tasks are compromised. Due to the complex innervation of these volitional and reflexive tasks with brainstem central pattern generators, primary sensorimotor areas and importantly, limbic areas, failure can occur due to disease, anatomic compromise, and even emotional state. Understanding the level of sensori-motor control and interaction among systems that share these laryngeal neuromuscular substrates will improve the diagnostic and therapeutic skill of the clinician when treating compromise of laryngeal function.

thyroarytenoid

larynx

respiration

swallow

cough

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Title: Subtitle: OTOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY: AN INTEGRATIVE VIEW OF THE LARYNX
Creators: Timothy M McCulloch - Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery/Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin
Douglas Van Daele - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Michelle R Ciucci - Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery/Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Head & neck, Vol.33(1), pp.S46-S53
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21901
PMID: 21910154
PMCID: PMC3469322
NLM abbreviation: Head Neck
ISSN: 1043-3074
eISSN: 1097-0347
Grant note: P30 DC010754-01 || DC / National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders : NIDCD
Language: English
Date published: 10/2011
Academic Unit: Radiation Oncology; Medicine Administration; Otolaryngology
Record Identifier: 9984006319502771

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