Sensory nerve supply above the level of vocal cords is:
Sensory nerve supply to larynx above the level of vocal cords is superior laryngeal nerve, while below the cords it is recurrent laryngeal nerve. Superior laryngeal nerve is a branch of vagus. It divides into two branches - external laryngeal supplying motor fibres to cricothyroid muscle and an internal laryngeal nerve which runs submucosally in pyriform fossa and supplies the larynx.