arytenoid

arytenoid /ar·y·te·noid/ (ar?i-te´noid) shaped like a jug or pitcher, as arytenoid cartilage.

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ar·y·te·noid (r-tnoid, -rtn-oid)

n.

1. Either of two small pitcher-shaped cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal cords are attached.

2. A muscle that is connected to either of these cartilages.

3. Any of several small mucous glands located in front of these cartilages.

adj.

Of or relating to these cartilages or an associated muscle or gland.

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ary·te·noidal adj.

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arytenoid

shaped like a jug or pitcher, as the arytenoid cartilage.

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arytenoid abscess

see laryngeal chondritis.

arytenoid cartilage

one of the paired laryngeal cartilages in the dorsal part of the larynx that provides attachment for the muscles that adduct and abduct the vocal cords. The cartilages form the dorsal boundary of the rima glottis, the vocal cords the ventral boundary.

arytenoid chondritis

inflammation of the arytenoid cartilage that causes a syndrome similar to that caused by recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis.

arytenoid lateralization

a surgical technique used to treat laryngeal paralysis in dogs. One or both arytenoid cartilages are fixed in a lateral position with sutures, thereby enlarging the diameter of the laryngeal lumen.