Crossword clues for arytenoid
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arytenoid \A*ryt"e*noid\, a. [Gr. ? shaped like a ladle; ? a ladle + e'i^dos form.] (Anat.) Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.
Wiktionary
a. Of, or relating to this cartilage, muscle or gland. n. (context anatomy English) Either of a pair of movable cartilages in the larynx that serve as posterior attachment points for the vocal folds; a muscle attached to this cartilage, or a gland located near it.
WordNet
n. either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached [syn: arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage]
Wikipedia
Arytenoid can refer to:
- Arytenoid cartilage
- Arytenoid muscle
Usage examples of "arytenoid".
Each arytenoid is movable on the cricoid and is connected with one end of a vocal cord.
When sound is not being produced, the glottis is open and has a triangular form, due to the spreading apart of the arytenoid cartilages and the attached cords.
A special set of muscles draws the arytenoid cartilages toward each other, thereby bringing their edges very near and parallel to each other in the passage.
The largest represents the thyroid cartilage, the next in size the cricoid, and the two smallest the arytenoid cartilages.
He thought the arytenoids were so strongly developed that they replaced the functions of the missing organ.