vo·ca·lis mus·cle

(vō-kā'lis mŭs'ĕl)

Origin, depression between the two laminae of thyroid cartilage; insertion, portions of vocal process of arytenoid; action, shortens and relaxes vocal cords; nerve supply, recurrent laryngeal; a number of the deeper and finer fibers of the thyroarytenoid muscle attached directly to the outer side of the true vocal cord.
Synonym(s): musculus vocalis [TA] , vocal muscle.

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Hoffman and McCulloch have reported persistence of fat in the vocalis muscle after 5 months.

Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis: Current concepts and treatment: Part III-Surgical options

According to the body-cover model described by Hirano, [14] this motion depends on certain characteristics of the vocalis muscle itself.

Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis: Current concepts and treatment: Part II--Causes, diagnosis, and management

[14] In this model, the "body" (the vocalis muscle) and the "cover" (the vocal mucosa) vibrate independently.

Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis: Current concepts and treatment: Part I--Phylogenesis and physiology

Most of these studies have focused on pacing of vocalis muscles for bilateral VCP; for example, electrical stimulus to the paralyzed posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA) muscles in human larynx has induced vocal fold abduction and restored ventilation through the glottis in case of bilateral laryngeal paralysis [1719].

Unilateral Laryngeal Pacing System and Its Functional Evaluation

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