The Thyroarytenoid is a broad, thin, muscle which lies parallel with and lateral to the vocal fold, and supports the wall of the ventricle and its appendix. It functions in fine tonal control of the vocal cords. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroarytenoid_muscle ]
Synonyms: thyroarytenoid
Term information
- NCIT:C33776
- Wikipedia:Thyroarytenoid_muscle
- SCTID:361814004
- UMLS:C0224183 (ncithesaurus:Thyroarytenoid_Muscle)
- FMA:46588
ventricularis muscle
thyroarytænoideus
thyreoepiglotticus
ventricularis
thyreoarytænoideus
thyroarytenoid muscle
thyreoarytaenoideus
musculus thyroarytenoideus
thyreoarytaenoideus muscle
thyro-arytenoid muscle
thyreoarytænoideus muscle
thyro-arytenoid %26 vocalis
Term relations
- laryngeal intrinsic muscle
- part of some larynx
- has muscle insertion some arytenoid cartilage
- innervated_by some recurrent laryngeal nerve
- has muscle origin some thyroid cartilage