Cricothyroid muscle

System Respiratory
SNOMED CT 244809007

Cricothyroid muscle

Definition

Intrinsic muscle of the larynx, innervated by the external division of the laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve. It attaches to the anterolateral surface of the cricoid cartilage and the external surface of the thyroid cartilage.

Also known as cricothyroid, cricothyroideus, M. cricothyroideus, musculus cricothyroideus — per UBERON

The Cricothyroid muscle is a part of the Respiratory.

Also identified as