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cricothyroid muscle

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001566

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. [ ]

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Term info

Label

cricothyroid muscle

Synonyms

M. cricothyroideus
cricothyroid
cricothyroideus
musculus cricothyroideus

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Subsets

uberon_slim

latin term

M. cricothyroideus [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricothyroid_muscle ]

latin term

musculus cricothyroideus [ FMA : TA FMA : 46417 ]

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Musculuscricothyreoideus.png

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0001566

Term relations

Equivalent to:

muscle organ and innervated_by some vagus nerve and attaches_to some thyroid cartilage and attaches_to some cricoid cartilage

Subclass of:

laryngeal intrinsic muscle
anatomical structure
has muscle insertion some thyroid cartilage
attaches_to some thyroid cartilage
innervated_by some vagus nerve
has_muscle_origin some cricoid cartilage
attaches_to some cricoid cartilage