| cricoarytenoid | Relating to the cricoid and arytenoid cartilages. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cricoarytenoid articular capsule | The capsule enclosing the joint between the arytenoid and cricoid cartilages. Synonym: capsula articularis cricoarytenoidea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cricoarytenoid articulation | The synovial joint between the base of each arytenoid cartilage and the upper border of the lamina of the cricoid cartilage. Synonym: articulatio cricoarytenoidea, cricoarytenoid articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cricoarytenoid joint | The synovial joint between the base of each arytenoid cartilage and the upper border of the lamina of the cricoid cartilage. Synonym: articulatio cricoarytenoidea, cricoarytenoid articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cricoarytenoideus | See: lateral cricoarytenoid muscle, posterior cricoarytenoid muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior cricoarytenoid ligament | <anatomy> The ligament that passes downward from the posterior border of the arytenoid cartilage to the lamina of the cricoid cartilage. Synonym: ligamentum cricoarytenoideum posterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| posterior cricoarytenoid muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, depression on posterior surface of lamina of cricoid; insertion, muscular process of arytenoid; action, abducts vocal folds, widening rima glottidis as for taking a breath; nerve supply, recurrent laryngeal. Synonym: musculus cricoarytenoideus posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral cricoarytenoid | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, upper margin of arch of cricoid cartilage; insertion, muscular process of arytenoid; action, adducts vocal folds (narrows rima glottidis); nerve supply, recurrent laryngeal. Synonym: musculus cricoarytenoideus lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |