Ceratocricoid muscle
Musculus ceratocricoideus
- Related terms: Ceratocricoid; Ceratocricoid muscle
Definition
Description:
The Ceratocricoid (considered one of the intrinsic muscles of the larynx) is a muscular fasciculus arising from the cricoid cartilage and inserted on the inferior cornu of the thyroid cartilage.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
