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Definition of Arytenoid

1. Noun. Either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached.

Definition of Arytenoid

1. a. 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.

Definition of Arytenoid

1. Noun. (anatomy) Either of a pair of movable cartilages in the larynx that serve as posterior attachment points for the vocal folds; a muscle attached to this cartilage, or a gland located near it. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, or relating to this cartilage, muscle or gland. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arytenoid

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Medical Definition of Arytenoid

1. 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. Origin: Gr. Shaped like a ladle; a ladle + form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Arytenoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The Crico-thyro-arytenoid Ligament.—This is a strong fibrous lamina, bent on itself anteriorly. Its attachments are as follows : (1) Posteriorly, ..."

2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The left halves of the thyroid and cricoid have been removed so as to shew the right arytenoid in position. Th. Thyroid. Cri. Cricoid. Anl. arytenoid. .5. ..."

3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, William Sharpey, John Cleland, Allen Thomson (1867)
"The arytenoid muscle passes straight across, and its fibres are attached to the whole extent of the concave surface on the back of each arytenoid cartilage. ..."

4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1882)
"As the fibres all begin from the arytenoid, and terminate successively at more distant points of the crico-thyroid membrane, we see that the muscle is ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"Imagine the pyramidal form of tho arytenoid cartilages. To the inner angle of the triangular base are attached, as already described, the true vocal cords ..."

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