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Muscles of the larynx, seen from above. |- style="text-align: center;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" |

|- style="text-align: center; line-height: 1;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" | |- class="hiddenStructure" |Latin |colspan="2"|ligamenta vocales |- class="hiddenStructure" | |colspan="2"|[subject #236 ] |- class="hiddenStructure" |MeSH |colspan="2"|[] |- class="hiddenStructure" |Dorlands/Elsevier |colspan="2"|[/] |} Enclosed within the vocal folds, there are two strong bands, named the vocal ligaments (inferior thyroarytenoid).

Each ligament consists of a band of yellow elastic tissue, attached in front to the angle of the thyroid cartilage, and behind to the vocal process of the arytenoid.

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