CT: Axial neck, level of laryngopharynx  
 

This CT scan of the neck is at the level of the piriform fossa. As a reminder, the left and right sides of the patient have been labeled at the top of the image.

 
 

Identify the following:

1. laryngeal inlet

2. thyroid cartilage

3. piriform fossa

4. sternocleidomastoid muscle

5. left internal jugular vein

6. left common carotid artery

7. left vertebral artery

8. aryepiglottic fold