arytenoid muscle

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010958

A single muscle, filling up the posterior concave surfaces of the arytenoid cartilages. It arises from the posterior surface and lateral border of one arytenoid cartilage, and is inserted into the corresponding parts of the opposite cartilage. It consists of oblique and transverse parts. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arytenoid_muscle ]

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UMLS:C1510945 (ncithesaurus:Arytenoid_Muscle)
Wikipedia:Arytenoid_muscle
NCIT:C32149

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Musculusarytenoideus.png

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TODO - check child relationships

has related synonym

arytaenoideus muscle, arytaenoideus, aryepiglotticus muscle

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0010958

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Subclass of:

laryngeal intrinsic muscle
has muscle insertion some arytenoid cartilage
innervated_by some recurrent laryngeal nerve
has muscle origin some arytenoid cartilage