Muscular process of arytenoid cartilage

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Muscular process of arytenoid cartilage
The cartilages of the larynx. Posterior view.
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Identifiers
Latinprocessus muscularis cartilaginis arytenoideae
TA98A06.2.04.013
TA2987
FMA55351
Anatomical terminology

The muscular process of arytenoid cartilage is the posterolateral projection of the (short, rounded, and prominent) lateral angle of the base of the arytenoid cartilage. The muscular process gives insertion to the posterior cricoarytenoid muscles behind, and to the lateral cricoarytenoid muscles in front.[1]

References

  1. ^ Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 1075.