cricoarytenoid muscle (English, noun)
expansion: cricoarytenoid muscle (plural cricoarytenoid muscles)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
meronyms: lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: cricoarytenoid muscles
tags: plural
form: cricoarytenoid
tags: alternative
form: cricoarytenoideus
tags: alternative