cricothyroid muscle
Intrinsic muscle of the larynx, innervated by the external division of the laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve. It attaches to the anterolateral surface of the cricoid cartilage and the external surface of the thyroid cartilage. [ MFMO:0000324 ]
Synonyms: musculus cricothyroideus, M. cricothyroideus, cricothyroid, cricothyroideus
Term info
- UMLS:C0224178 (ncithesaurus:Cricothyroid_Muscle)
- MFMO:0000324
- EMAPA:19270
- FMA:46417
- Wikipedia:Cricothyroid_muscle
- SCTID:244809007
- MA:0002284
- NCIT:C32404
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Musculuscricothyreoideus.png
uberon
UBERON:0001566
cricothyroid muscle, Cricothyroid muscle
Term relations
- muscle organ and innervated_by some vagus nerve and attached to some thyroid cartilage and attached to some cricoid cartilage
- laryngeal intrinsic muscle
- has muscle insertion some thyroid cartilage
- innervated_by some vagus nerve
- has muscle origin some cricoid cartilage
- attached to some thyroid cartilage
- attached to some cricoid cartilage