Cricoarytenoid muscle

Cricoarytenoid muscle
Muscles of larynx. Side view. Right lamina of thyroid cartilage removed.
Details
Nerve	Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Identifiers
Latin	musculus cricoarytenoideus
Anatomical terms of muscle [edit on Wikidata]

Cricoarytenoid muscles are muscles that connect the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage.

More specifically, it can refer to:

• Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
• Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle