Medical Definition of Thyroepiglottic muscle
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Origin, inner surface of thyroid cartilage in common with musculus thyroarytenoideus; insertion, aryepiglottic fold and margin of epiglottis; action, depresses base of epiglottis; nerve supply, recurrent laryngeal.
Synonym: musculus thyroepiglotticus, depressor muscle of epiglottis, ventricularis.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thyroepiglottic Muscle
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