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cricoarytenoid muscle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cricoary-tenoid -mus-cle
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of a pair of muscles which originate from the cricoid and insert on to the arytenoid cartilage, and serve to adduct and abduct the vocal folds.

Inflected Forms

cricoarytenoid muscles (plural) cricoarytenoid (alternative) cricoarytenoideus (alternative)

Questions

What does cricoarytenoid muscle mean?
Either of a pair of muscles which originate from the cricoid and insert on to the arytenoid cartilage, and serve to adduct and abduct the vocal folds.

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