A considerable number of the fibers of the thyroarytenoid muscle are prolonged into the aryepiglottic fold, where some of them become lost, while others continue to the margin of the epiglottis. They have received a distinctive name, thyroepiglotticus or thyroepiglottic muscle, and are sometimes described as a separate muscle. This muscle's function is to widen the laryngeal inlet.
thyroepiglottic, muscle, considerable, number, fibers, thyroarytenoid, muscle, prolonged, into, aryepiglottic, fold, where, some, them, become, lost, while, others, continue, margin, epiglottis, they, have, received, distinctive, name, thyroepiglotticus, thyro. A considerable number of the fibers of the thyroarytenoid muscle are prolonged into the aryepiglottic fold where some of them become lost while others continue to the margin of the epiglottis They have received a distinctive name thyroepiglotticus or thyroepiglottic muscle and are sometimes described as a separate muscle This muscle s function is to widen the laryngeal inlet Thyroepiglottic muscleMuscles of the larynx seen from above DetailsNerverecurrent laryngeal nerveIdentifiersLatinpars thyreoepiglottica musculi thyreoarytaenoideiTA98A06 2 08 009TA22201FMA46594Anatomical terms of muscle edit on Wikidata References edit nbsp This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1083 of the 20th edition of Gray s Anatomy 1918 External links edithttps archive today 20121212034835 http accweb itr maryville edu myu Bio301Summer 301on9 html Portal nbsp Anatomy nbsp This muscle article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thyroepiglottic muscle amp oldid 1209358243, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
