cricoesophageal tendon
(redirected from tendo cricoesophageus)cri·co·e·soph·a·ge·al ten·don
[TA]longitudinal fibers of the esophagus that attaches to the posterior aspect of the cricoid cartilage of the larynx.
Synonym(s): tendo cricoesophageus [TA], Gillette suspensory ligament, suspensory ligament of esophagus
Gillette,
Eugène P., French surgeon, 1836-1886.Gillette suspensory ligament - longitudinal fiber of the esophagus that attaches to the posterior aspect of the cricoid cartilage of the larynx. Synonym(s): cricoesophageal tendon