thyroepiglottic muscle

thyroepiglottic part of thyroarytenoid (muscle)

[TA]

intrinsic muscle of larynx; origin, inner surface of thyroid cartilage in common with the thyroarytenoideus muscle; insertion, aryepiglottic fold and margin of epiglottis; action, depresses base of epiglottis; nerve supply, recurrent laryngeal.

Synonym(s): pars thyroepiglottica musculi thyroarytenoidei [TA], depressor muscle of epiglottis, musculus thyroepiglotticus, thyroepiglottic muscle, thyroepiglottidean muscle, ventricularis (2)

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thy·ro·ep·i·glot·tic mus·cle

, thyroepiglottidean muscle (thī'rō-ep-i-glot'ik mŭs'ĕl, thī'rō-ep-i-glo-tid'ē-ăn)

Origin, inner surface of thyroid cartilage in common with musculus thyroarytenoideus; insertion, aryepiglottic fold and margin of epiglottis; action, depresses base of epiglottis; nerve supply, recurrent laryngeal.
Synonym(s): musculus thyroepiglotticus [TA] .

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