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cricothyroid muscle
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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. [ ]
Term info
Label
cricothyroid muscle
Synonyms
- M. cricothyroideus
- cricothyroid
- cricothyroideus
- musculus cricothyroideus
Subsets
uberon_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Musculuscricothyreoideus.png
has obo namespace
uberon
id
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
- attaches_to some thyroid cartilage
- innervated_by some vagus nerve
- has_muscle_origin some cricoid cartilage
- has_muscle_insertion some thyroid cartilage
- attaches_to some cricoid cartilage