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Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle

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The posterior cricoarytenoid muscle allows the rima glottidis to be opened; it therefore has the opposite effect to the lateral cricoarytenoid muscle.

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Muscles of the [[Template:Muscles of head|Head]] — [[Template:Muscles of neck|Neck]] — [[Template:Muscles of trunk|Trunk]] — [[Template:Muscles of upper limb|Upper limb]] — [[Template:Muscles of lower limb|Lower limb]]— 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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