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Here is a hand-drawn style diagram of direct laryngoscopy:

Key structures to remember when drawing or performing direct laryngoscopy:

Structure	Role
Tongue	Displaced leftward/upward by the blade
Vallecula	Space between tongue base and epiglottis; tip of Macintosh blade sits here
Epiglottis	Lifted indirectly (Mac blade) or directly (Miller blade) to expose glottis
Vocal cords	Target landmark — the glottic opening between them is where the ETT passes
Arytenoids	Posterior cartilages that form the posterior border of the glottis
Trachea	Inferior to glottis; ETT directed here

Quick sketch guide (how to reproduce it by hand):

Draw a simple side-profile of the head/neck with mouth open
Sketch the tongue as a large curved mass in the floor of mouth
Draw the laryngoscope handle outside the mouth, blade curving along the tongue
Add a leaf-shaped epiglottis at the tongue base, being lifted anteriorly
Show the vocal cords as two angled lines forming a "V" or triangle (glottic opening)
Draw the trachea as a tube descending from the glottis
Add a dashed line or arrow showing the ETT path through the cords into the trachea

Blade tip position:

Macintosh (curved blade): tip in the vallecula → lifts epiglottis indirectly
Miller (straight blade): tip goes under the epiglottis → lifts it directly

Give me doagram of structure visulaised on laryngoscopy 🤦

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Here is the laryngoscopic view — what you actually see when you look through the laryngoscope:

Structures visualised on laryngoscopy (anterior → posterior):

Structure	What you see
Epiglottis	Top of the field; leaf-shaped, lifted out of view by blade
Aryepiglottic folds	Two ridges running laterally from epiglottis to arytenoids
False vocal cords (vestibular folds)	Pink, lateral folds — do NOT adduct during phonation
True vocal cords	Pearly white, form a V-shape pointing anteriorly
Anterior commissure	Apex of the V, where cords meet anteriorly
Glottis	Triangular dark opening between the true cords — ETT goes here
Arytenoid cartilages	Paired, posterior; visible as small mounds behind the cords
Posterior commissure	Between arytenoids, posterior border of glottis
Subglottis / Trachea	Dark lumen visible through the glottis

Cormack-Lehane grading (how much of this view you get):

Grade	View
I	Full glottis visible
II	Only posterior commissure / arytenoids visible
III	Only epiglottis visible
IV	Not even epiglottis visible

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