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lateral cricoarytenoid muscle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lat-er-al cricoary-tenoid -mus-cle
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A muscle of the larynx that arises from the upper margin of the arch of the cricoid cartilage, inserts into the front of the process of the arytenoid cartilage, and helps to narrow the opening of the vocal cords.

Inflected Forms

lateral cricoarytenoid muscles (plural) lateral cricoarytenoid (alternative) cricoarytenoideus lateralis (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

posterior cricoarytenoid muscle

Questions

What does lateral cricoarytenoid muscle mean?
A muscle of the larynx that arises from the upper margin of the arch of the cricoid cartilage, inserts into the front of the process of the arytenoid cartilage, and helps to narrow the opening of the vocal cords.

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