corniculate cartilage

The projections of Corniculate cartilage look like "horns" hence the name.

The term is used to describe the shape of the corniculate cartilages of the larynx.

Santorini's cartilage: The corniculate cartilage of the larynx.

Paired Cuneiform Cartilage: Club-shaped pieces of elastic cartilage located anterior to the corniculate cartilages.

The apex of each cartilage is pointed, curved backward and medialward, and surmounted by a small conical, cartilaginous nodule, the corniculate cartilage.

Paired Corniculate Cartilage: Horn-shaped pieces of elastic cartilage located at the apex of each arytenoid cartilage.

The corniculate cartilages (cartilages of Santorini) are two small conical nodules consisting of yellow elastic cartilage, which articulate with the summits of the arytenoid cartilages and serve to prolong them posteriorly and medially.