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Thyroepiglottic muscle

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Thyroepiglottic muscle
Muscles of the larynx, seen from above.
Details
NerveRecurrent laryngeal nerve
Identifiers
Latinpars thyreoepiglottica musculi thyreoarytaenoidei
TA98A06.2.08.009
TA22201
FMA46594
Anatomical terms of muscle

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.

References

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1083 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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