Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The arytenoid muscle, a muscle of the larynx passing transversely behind the arytenoid cartilages from one to the other.
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Examples
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If the arytenoideus muscle alone is paralysed, a triangular interval is left between the cords posteriorly.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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The arytenoideus proprius tends to bring the cartilages from which it is named, and therefore the vocal bands, toward each other; while the posterior crico-thyroid, from its attachments and line of pull, tends to separate these and lengthen the vocal bands.] [Illustration: FIG.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) Wesley Mills 1881
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