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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