Cricoarytenoid muscle

Cricoarytenoid muscle
Muscles of larynx. Side view. Right lamina of thyroid cartilage removed.
Details
Nerve	Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Latin	Musculus cricoarytenoideus
*Anatomical terms of muscle* [edit on Wikidata]

Cricoarytenoid muscles are muscles that connect the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage.

More specifically, it can refer to:

Muscles of the neck

Cervical	Platysma Sternocleidomastoid Longus capitis Longus colli Scalene anterior middle posterior Rectus capitis anterior muscle Rectus capitis lateralis muscle

Suboccipital	Rectus capitis posterior major minor Obliquus capitis inferior superior

Suprahyoid	Mylohyoid Stylohyoid Digastric Geniohyoid

Infrahyoid	Thyrohyoid Sternohyoid Sternothyroid Omohyoid

Pharynx	Pharyngeal constrictor superior middle inferior Stylopharyngeus Salpingopharyngeus

Larynx	Cricothyroid Cricoarytenoid posterior lateral Arytenoid oblique arytenoid aryepiglottic transverse arytenoid Thyroarytenoid vocal thyroepiglottic

Trachea	Trachealis

Fasciae	Deep cervical fascia Pretracheal fascia Prevertebral fascia Investing layer Carotid sheath Alar fascia Palatine aponeurosis Buccopharyngeal fascia Pharyngobasilar fascia Pharyngeal raphe

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