Search
lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
Origin: upper margin of arch of cricoid cartilage
Insertion: muscular process of arytenoid
Action: adducts vocal cords (narrows rima glottides)
Innervation: recurrent laryngeal nerve
General
skeletal muscle (voluntary muscle)
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999