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laryngeal muscle
muscles of the larynx
Includes:
1) lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
2) oblique arytenoid muscle
3) posterior cricoarytenoid
4) thyroarytenoid
5) thyroepiglottic muscle
6) transverse arytenoid muscle
7) vocalis muscle
8) cricothyroid muscle*
All laryngeal muscles except the cricothyroid are innervated by the inferior laryngeal nerve (branch of the recurrent laryngeal nerve).
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995