cricoarytenoid muscles

A form of cricoarytenoid muscle — 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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noun
  1. pluralplural of cricoarytenoid muscle
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