Oblique part of cricothyroid muscle

Pars obliqua musculi cricothyreoidei

  • Related terms: Oblique part

Definition

Description:
The lower fibers of cricothyroid constitute a pars obliqua and slant backward and lateralward to the anterior border of the inferior cornu;

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/).

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