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thyroarytenoid muscle

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.

Noun

thyroarytenoid muscle (plural thyroarytenoid muscles)

  1. 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.

thyroarytenoid muscle meaning in Tamil

thyroarytenoid muscle in Tamil

கேடயத்துடுப்பெலும்பிணைதசை

Forms of thyroarytenoid muscle

pluralthyroarytenoid muscles
alternative formthyroarytenoid
alternative formthyroarytenoideus

Questions about thyroarytenoid muscle

What does thyroarytenoid muscle mean?
Thyroarytenoid muscle means 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.
What is thyroarytenoid muscle in Tamil?
Thyroarytenoid muscle in Tamil is கேடயத்துடுப்பெலும்பிணைதசை. See Thyroarytenoid muscle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thyroarytenoid muscle?
Thyroarytenoid muscle is a noun.
What is the plural of thyroarytenoid muscle?
The plural of thyroarytenoid muscle is thyroarytenoid muscles.

Words near thyroarytenoid muscle in the dictionary

  1. thyridium
  2. thyristor
  3. thyristors
  4. thyro-
  5. thyroarytenoid
  6. thyroarytenoid muscle
  7. thyroarytenoid muscles
  8. thyroarytenoidei
  9. thyroarytenoideus
  10. thyroarytenoids
  11. thyroblast

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