Vocal muscle

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Vocal muscle

Muscles of the larynx, seen from above.
Latin	musculus vocalis
Gray's	p.1083
Origin
Insertion
Artery
Nerve	recurrent laryngeal nerve
Actions

The vocal muscle is the upper portion of the thyroarytenoid muscle which is primarily involved in producing speech.

See also

Muscles of head and neck: the neck (TA A04.2, GA 4.387)

Cervical

CN VII (superficial, PC):	platysma

CN XI (deep):	sternocleidomastoid

C1–C6 (anterior):	Prevertebral muscles: longus capitis colli

C3–C8 (lateral):	scalene anterior medius posterior

C1:	rectus capitis posterior major minor obliquus capitis inferior superior

C1–C6 (anterior):	Prevertebral muscles: rectus capitis anterior lateralis

CN V3 (medial):	mylohyoid anterior belly of digastric

CN VII (lateral):	stylohyoid posterior belly of digastric

C1 (deep):	geniohyoid

Infrahyoid/strap

C1:	thyrohyoid

C1–C3:	sternohyoid sternothyroid omohyoid

Deep cervical fascia Pretracheal fascia Prevertebral fascia Investing layer Carotid sheath Alar fascia

pharynx:	Buccopharyngeal fascia Pharyngobasilar fascia

Palatine aponeurosis Pharyngeal raphe

pharyngeal constrictor
- superior
- middle
- inferior
longitudinal
- stylopharyngeus
- salpingopharyngeus

Larynx

M: MUS, DF+DRCT

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