Thyroepiglottic muscle
Muscles of the larynx, seen from above.
Details
Nerve	Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Identifiers
Latin	pars thyreoepiglottica musculi thyreoarytaenoidei
TA98	A06.2.08.009
TA2	2201
FMA	46594
Anatomical terms of muscle [edit on Wikidata

A considerable number of the fibers of the thyroarytenoid muscle are prolonged into the aryepiglottic fold, where some of them become lost, while others continue to the margin of the epiglottis. They have received a distinctive name, thyroepiglotticus or thyroepiglottic muscle, and are sometimes described as a separate muscle. This muscle's function is to widen the laryngeal inlet.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1083 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• https://archive.today/20121212034835/http://accweb.itr.maryville.edu/myu/Bio301Summer/301on9.html

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