thyroarytenoideus
US/ˌθaɪ.ɹoʊˌæɹ.ə.tiˈnɔɪ.di.əs/
thyroarytenoideus is the alternative form of thyroarytenoid muscle.
Meaning of thyroarytenoid muscle
Noun
thyroarytenoid muscle (plural thyroarytenoid muscles)
- 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.
Forms of thyroarytenoideus
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Origin of thyroarytenoideus
Borrowed from New Latin thyreoarytēnoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus thyreoarytēnoīdeus (“thyroarytenoid muscle”). Doublet of thyroarytenoid.
Words that rhyme with thyroarytenoideus
- arytenoideus
- cricoarytenoideus
- cricothyroideus
- deltoideus
- geniohyoideus
- mylohyoideus
- omohyoideus
- pterygoideus
- rhomboideus
- sternocleidomastoideus
- sternohyoideus
- sternothyroideus
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Questions about thyroarytenoideus
- What is thyroarytenoideus the alternative form of?
- Thyroarytenoideus is the alternative form of thyroarytenoid muscle.
- How do you pronounce thyroarytenoideus?
- Thyroarytenoideus is pronounced /ˌθaɪ.ɹoʊˌæɹ.ə.tiˈnɔɪ.di.əs/ (US).
Words near thyroarytenoideus in the dictionary
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