cricoarytenoid muscle

noun

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.

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Meanings

nouncricoarytenoid muscle (plural cricoarytenoid muscles)

plural cricoarytenoid muscles · alternative cricoarytenoid · alternative cricoarytenoideus

  1. anatomyEither 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.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 環杓肌 /环杓肌
  • 環杓肌 /环杓肌 (huánsháojī)muscle
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