The corniculate and cuneiform cartilage articulates with the metatarsal bones. From Wordnik.com. [The Respiratory System: Anatomy 101] Reference
Beyond these is the entrance to the larynx, bounded on either side by the aryepiglottic folds, in each of which are two rounded eminences corresponding to the corniculate and cuneiform cartilages. From Wordnik.com. [XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 2. Surface Markings of Special Regions of the Head and Neck] Reference
The arytenoid swellings are differentiated into the arytenoid and corniculate cartilages, and the folds joining them to the epiglottis form the aryepiglottic folds in which the cuneiform cartilages are developed as derivatives of the epiglottis. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 1. The Respiratory Apparatus] Reference
The xiphoid process and the cartilages of the nose, larynx, and trachea (except the epiglottis and corniculate cartilages of the larynx, which are composed of elastic fibrocartilage) resemble the costal cartilages in microscopic characteristics. From Wordnik.com. [III. Syndesmology. Introduction] Reference
Elastic - contains collagenous fibers plus large number of elastic fibers; most flexible type; found in the auricles of the external ear, in the walls of the external auditory canal, Eustachian tube, epiglottic, corniculate and cuneiform cartilages of the larynx. c. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
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