thyroarytenoid muscle

noun

A broad, thin muscle that arises especially from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the arytenoid cartilage, and functions to relax and shorten the vocal cords by drawing the arytenoid cartilage forward and to narrow the rima glottidis by rotating the arytenoid cartilage inward causing the vocal cords to approach each other.

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Meanings

nounthyroarytenoid muscle (plural thyroarytenoid muscles)

plural thyroarytenoid muscles · alternative thyroarytenoid · alternative thyroarytenoideus

  1. anatomyA broad, thin muscle that arises especially from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the arytenoid cartilage, and functions to relax and shorten the vocal cords by drawing the arytenoid cartilage forward and to narrow the rima glottidis by rotating the arytenoid cartilage inward causing the vocal cords to approach each other.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 甲杓肌
  • 甲杓肌 (jiǎsháo jī)muscle
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