| arytenoideus | Synonym: oblique arytenoid muscle, transverse arytenoid muscle. Origin: G. Arytainoeides, ladle-shaped, applied to cartilage of the larynx, fr. Arytaina, a ladle, + eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
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| musculus arytenoideus obliquus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, muscular process of arytenoid cartilage; insertion, summit of arytenoid cartilage of opposite side and continuing as the aryepiglottic muscle in the aryepiglottic fold to the epiglottis; action, narrows the interarytenoid portion of the rima glottidis; nerve supply, recurrent laryngeal. Synonym: musculus arytenoideus obliquus, arytenoideus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| musculus arytenoideus transversus | <anatomy> A band of muscular fibres passing between the two arytenoid cartilages posteriorly; action, narrows the intercartilaginous portion of the rima glottidis; nerve supply, recurrent laryngeal. Synonym: musculus arytenoideus transversus, arytenoideus. (05 Mar 2000) |