Cricoarytenoid Muscle

Preferred Label : Cricoarytenoid Muscle;

NCIt definition : A pair of muscles, the lateral cricoarytenoid and the posterior cricoarytenoid, that connect the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage. The posterior cricoarytenoid is the sole abductor of the vocal folds. The lateral cricoarytenoid is the main antagonist of the posterior cricoarytenoid.;

Details

Origin ID

C32398;

UMLS CUI

C0448336;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Larynx [NCIt concept]
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- crico-arytenoid muscle [UBERON concept]
- laryngeal muscles [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- cricoarytenoid muscles [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- Entire cricoarytenoid muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- crico-arytenoid muscle [UBERON concept]
- cricoarytenoid muscles [MeSH concept]

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