Muscular process of arytenoid cartilage

Muscular process of arytenoid cartilage

The cartilages of the larynx. Posterior view.
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Identifiers
Latin processus muscularis cartilaginis arytenoideae
Dorlands
/Elsevier
12667552
TA A06.2.04.013
FMA 55351

Anatomical terminology

The lateral angle of the base of the arytenoid cartilage is short, rounded, and prominent; it projects backward and lateralward, and is termed the muscular process; it gives insertion to the posterior cricoarytenoid muscles behind, and to the lateral cricoarytenoid muscles in front.

References

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

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