cricoarytenoid muscle

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cricoarytenoid muscle (plural cricoarytenoid muscles)

  1. (anatomy) 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.
    Meronyms: lateral cricoarytenoid muscle, posterior cricoarytenoid muscle

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