Muscular process of arytenoid cartilage

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Muscular process of arytenoid cartilage
The cartilages of the larynx. Posterior view.
Latin processus muscularis cartilaginis arytenoideae
Gray's subject #236 1075
Dorlands/Elsevier p_34/12667552

The lateral angle of the base of the arytenoid cartilage is short, rounded, and prominent; it projects backward and lateralward, and is termed the muscular process; it gives insertion to the posterior cricoarytenoid muscles behind, and to the lateral cricoarytenoid muscles in front.

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