posterior cricoarytenoid muscle (English, noun)
expansion: posterior cricoarytenoid muscle (plural posterior cricoarytenoid muscles)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A muscle of the larynx that arises from the posterior surface of the lamina of the cricoid cartilage, inserts into the posterior of the process of the arytenoid cartilage, and widens the opening of the vocal cords.
Forms:
form: posterior cricoarytenoid muscles
tags: plural
form: posterior cricoarytenoid
tags: alternative
form: cricoarytenoideus posterior
tags: alternative