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cricoarytenoid muscle

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.

Noun

cricoarytenoid muscle (plural cricoarytenoid muscles)

  1. 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 of cricoarytenoid muscle

pluralcricoarytenoid muscles
alternative formcricoarytenoid
alternative formcricoarytenoideus

Questions about cricoarytenoid muscle

What does cricoarytenoid muscle mean?
Cricoarytenoid muscle means 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.
What part of speech is cricoarytenoid muscle?
Cricoarytenoid muscle is a noun.
What is the plural of cricoarytenoid muscle?
The plural of cricoarytenoid muscle is cricoarytenoid muscles.

Words near cricoarytenoid muscle in the dictionary

  1. cricky
  2. crico-
  3. crico-arytænoid
  4. crico-arytænoids
  5. cricoarytenoid
  6. cricoarytenoid muscle
  7. cricoarytenoid muscles
  8. cricoarytenoidei
  9. cricoarytenoideus
  10. cricoarytenoids
  11. cricoconarid

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