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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2017 May 23;128(1):177–183. doi: 10.1002/lary.26655

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Anastomoses between the laryngeal nerves. SLN = superior laryngeal nerve; ILN = internal laryngeal nerve; ELN = external laryngeal nerve; RN = recurrent nerve; 1 = Galen’s anastomosis; 2 = deep arytenoid plexus; 2’ = superficial arytenoid plexus; 3 = cricoid anastomosis; 4 = thyroarytenoid anastomosis; 5 = foramen thyroideum anastomosis; 6 = cricothyroid anastomosis. [With permission from Sanudo, JR, Maranillo E, Leon, X, Mirapeix RM, Orus C, Quer M. An Anatomical Study of Anastomoses Between the Laryngeal Nerves. The Laryngoscope. 1999; 109(6): 983-987]