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Aryepiglottic muscle

Aryepiglotticus muscle
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Sagittal section of the larynx and upper part of the trachea (arytenoideus visible at center right)
Details
Origin Apex of arytenoid
Insertion Lateral border of epiglottis
Artery Larygeal branch of superior thyroid artery
Nerve Inferior laryngeal nerve (from the vagus nerve)
Actions Close the inlet
Identifiers
Latin Pars aryepiglottica musculi arytaenoidei obliqui, musculus aryepiglotticus
Dorlands
/Elsevier
p_07/12616305
TA A06.2.08.011
FMA 46602
Anatomical terms of muscle
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The aryepiglotticus is a muscle of the larynx running in the aryepiglottic fold from the arytenoid cartilage to the epiglottis.

Aryepiglottic muscle


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