English Explanatory Dictionary

cricoarytenoid muscle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of a pair of muscles which originate from the cricoid and insert on to the arytenoid cartilage, and serve to adduct and abduct the vocal folds.

Word forms

cricoarytenoid muscle cricoarytenoid muscles cricoarytenoid cricoarytenoideus
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