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Arytenoid   Listen
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Arytenoid  adj.  (Anat.) Ladle-shaped; applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.






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"Arytenoid" Quotes from Famous Books



... membrane attached in front to the largest cartilage of the larynx, called the thyroid, and which forms in man the protuberance commonly called Adam's apple; and, extending horizontally backward, are inserted posteriorly into the arytenoid cartilages, the right vocal band into the right arytenoid cartilage and the left band into the left cartilage. These arytenoid cartilages, by means of an articulation or joint, move freely upon the cricoid, the second large cartilage of the larynx, forming its base, and ...
— The Child-Voice in Singing • Francis E. Howard



Words linked to "Arytenoid" :   larynx, gristle, cartilage, arytaenoid, voice box



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