Cuneiform cartilages corniculates form the posterior aspect, and the epiglottis the anterior. Function of the cuneiform cartilages is to support the vocal folds and lateral aspects of the epiglottis. They also provide a degree of solidity to the folds in which they are embedded. Cuneiform cartilages In the human larynx, the cuneiform cartilages (from Latin: "cunei", "wedge-shaped"; also known as cartilages of Wrisberg) are two small, elongated pieces of yellow elastic cartilage, placed one on either side, in the aryepiglottic fold. The cuneiforms are paired cartilages that sit on top of and move with the arytenoids. They are located above and in
Pa (cuneiform) Pa (cuneiform) The cuneiform pa sign, (as sumerogram, PA), has many uses in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the "Epic of Gilgamesh". It is routinely and commonly used to spell the Akkadian language word "pānu", "face, presence", and with a preposition (ex. ana pānu), "before". In the photo of the obverse of EA 364, it is used to spell Akkadian "eperu", 'dust', (EA 364, lines 7,8: "...and (ù dust (IŠ (sumerogram)=dust)) and (u)\ dust "-(a-pa-ru). (The two ""and""-s are u-(no. 3), then u-(no. 1)-(u (cuneiform))(the bottom half).) The alphabetic/syllabic uses and sumerograms of the 'pa' sign from