Anatomy
larynx muscle
lar·ynx mus·cle [ lar-ingks muhs-uhl ]
Subclass of:
Skeletal muscle; Larynx
Definitions related to laryngeal muscle:
  • (larynx muscle) Intrinsic muscles of the larynx are the vocal, aryepiglottic, arytenoid, cricoarytenoid, cricothyroid, thyroarytenoid, and thyroepiglottic.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Any of the eight intrinsic muscles of the larynx; five for the vocal cords and three connecting to the epiglottis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The striated muscle groups which move the LARYNX as a whole or its parts, such as altering tension of the VOCAL CORDS, or size of the slit (RIMA GLOTTIDIS).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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