Term Name: corniculate cartilage
Synonyms: cartilage of Santorini, cartilagines corniculata, Santorini's cartilage
Definition: 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. They are situated in the posterior parts of the aryepiglottic folds of mucous membrane, and are sometimes fused with the arytenoid cartilages. [WP,unvetted].
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0001741]

Relationships
is part of: larynx splanchnocranium
is a type of: elastic cartilage tissue larynx connective tissue structure with developmental contribution from neural crest