Medical Definition of Cricoesophageal tendon

1. Longitudinal fibre of the oesophagus that attaches to the posterior aspect of the cricoid cartilage of the larynx. Synonym: tendo cricoesophageus, Gillette's suspensory ligament, suspensory ligament of oesophagus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cricoesophageal Tendon

cricketers
cricketing
cricketless
crickets
crickety
crickey
cricking
cricks
cricky
crico-arytænoid
cricoarytenoid
cricoarytenoid articular capsule
cricoarytenoid articulation
cricoarytenoid joint
cricoarytenoideus
cricoesophageal tendon (current term)
cricoid
cricoid cartilage
cricoids
cricoidynia
cricondentherm
cricopharyngeal
cricopharyngeal ligament
cricopharyngeal myotomy
cricopharyngeal part of inferior pharyngeal constrictor
cricopharyngeus muscle
cricosantorinian ligament
cricothyroid
cricothyroid artery
cricothyroid articular capsule

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