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[[Image:Epiglottic cartilage.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Epiglottic Cartilage - Copyright nabrown RVC]]

[[Image:Epiglottic cartilage.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Epiglottic Cartilage - Copyright nabrown RVC]]

The epiglottic cartilage is an [[Bones and Cartilage - Anatomy & Physiology#Elastic Cartilage|elastic cartilage]]. <font color = 'red'>It is flexible and the most rostral type of cartilage. </font color>The thinner stalk-like part is attached to the root of the [[Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology|tongue]], body of the '''thyroid cartilage''' and the '''basihyoid bone'''. The larger blade-like part lies behind the soft palate and points dorso-rostrally. During [[Deglutition|deglutition]], the large blade part of the '''epiglottic cartilage''' partially covers the entrance to the trachea.

The epiglottic cartilage is an [[Bones and Cartilage - Anatomy & Physiology#Elastic Cartilage|elastic cartilage]], which is the most flexible and most rostral type of cartilage. The thinner stalk-like part, is attached to the root of the [[Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology|tongue]], the body of the '''thyroid cartilage''' and the '''basihyoid bone'''. The larger blade-like part lies behind the soft palate and points dorso-rostrally. During [[Deglutition|deglutition]], the large blade part of the '''epiglottic cartilage''' partially covers the entrance to the trachea.

===Interarytenoid Cartilage===

===Interarytenoid Cartilage===