Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle

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The lateral cricoarytenoid muscles allow the rima glottidis to be closed, protecting the airway; they therefore have the opposite effect to the posterior cricoarytenoid muscles.

See also

• cricoid cartilage
• arytenoid cartilage

External links

• LUC [lcri]
• [Image]
• [VHHN]

Muscles of the — — — — — LIST OF ALL MUSCLES

scalp: occipitofrontalis (occipitalis, frontalis) | (Gray's [s105]) eyelid: orbicularis oculi - corrugator supercilii - depressor supercilii | (Gray's [s106]) nose: procerus - nasalis - depressor septi nasi - dilatator naris posterior - dilatator naris anterior - levator labii superioris alaeque nasi | (Gray's [s107]) mouth: levator labii superioris - levator anguli oris - zygomaticus (major, minor) - mentalis - depressor labii inferioris - depressor anguli oris - buccinator - orbicularis oris - risorius | (Gray's [s108]) mastication: masseter - temporalis - pterygoid (lateral, medial) | (Gray's [s109]) extraocular: levator palpebrae superioris - rectus (superior, inferior, medial, lateral) - oblique (superior, inferior) | intraocular: ciliary - iris dilator - iris sphincter | (Gray's [s227]) hearing: auricularis anterior - stapedius - tensor tympani | (Gray's [s228]-Gray's [s232]) larynx: cricothyroid - posterior cricoarytenoid - lateral cricoarytenoid - arytenoid - thyroarytenoid | (Gray's [s236]) tongue: extrinsic (genioglossus - hyoglossus - chondroglossus - styloglossus) intrinsic (superior longitudinal - inferior longitudinal - transversus - verticalis) | (Gray's [s242]) palate: levator veli palatini - tensor veli palatini - musculus uvulae - palatoglossus - palatopharyngeus | (Gray's [s243]) pharynx: pharyngeal constrictor (inferior, middle, superior) - stylopharyngeus - salpingopharyngeus | (Gray's [s244])

 

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