cricoarytenoid muscle

English

Alternative forms

• cricoarytenoid, cricoarytenoideus

Noun

cricoarytenoid muscle (plural cricoarytenoid muscles)

1. (anatomy) 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.

   Meronyms: lateral cricoarytenoid muscle, posterior cricoarytenoid muscle

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 環杓肌／环杓肌 (huánsháojī)