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vocalis muscle

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The vocal muscle is the upper portion of the thyroarytenoid muscle which is primarily involved in producing speech. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_muscle ]

Term info

Label

vocalis muscle

Synonyms
  • vocal muscle
  • vocalis
database cross reference
depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Musculusthyreoarytenoideus.png

external ontology notes

in FMA this is not placed under thyro-arytenoid but almost all sources consider this to be the case (confirmed with FEED:rd)

has related synonym

musculus vocalis

id

UBERON:0008577