Preferred Label : oblique arytenoid;
Uberon definition : The oblique arytenoid, the more superficial Arytenoid muscle, forms two fasciculi,
which pass from the base of one cartilage to the apex of the opposite one, and therefore
cross each other like the limbs of the letter X; a few fibers are continued around
the lateral margin of the cartilage, and are prolonged into the aryepiglottic fold;
they are sometimes described as a separate muscle, the Aryepiglotticus. The aryepiglottic
muscle together with the transverse arytenoid and the thyroarytenoid work as a sphincter
and close the larynx as we swallow or cough. Its innervation is by the recurrent laryngeal
nerve (from vagus) just like all the intrinsic muscles of the larynx except the cricothyroid
muscle.;
Uberon related term : arytenoid obliquus; oblique arytenoid muscle;
Origin ID : 0008575;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- has part
The oblique arytenoid, the more superficial Arytenoid muscle, forms two fasciculi,
which pass from the base of one cartilage to the apex of the opposite one, and therefore
cross each other like the limbs of the letter X; a few fibers are continued around
the lateral margin of the cartilage, and are prolonged into the aryepiglottic fold;
they are sometimes described as a separate muscle, the Aryepiglotticus. The aryepiglottic
muscle together with the transverse arytenoid and the thyroarytenoid work as a sphincter
and close the larynx as we swallow or cough. Its innervation is by the recurrent laryngeal
nerve (from vagus) just like all the intrinsic muscles of the larynx except the cricothyroid
muscle.
