Vocal muscle

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Vocal muscle
Muscles of the larynx, seen from above.
Latin	musculus vocalis
Gray's	subject #236 1083
Origin
Insertion
Artery:
Nerve:	recurrent laryngeal nerve
Action:
Dorlands /Elsevier	m_22/12551368

The vocal muscle is the upper portion of the thyroarytenoid muscle which is primarily involved in producing speech.

v • d • e List of muscles of head and neck: the head Extraocular (CN III, IV, VI) oblique (inferior, superior) - rectus (superior, inferior, medial, lateral) - levator palpebrae superioris (superior tarsal) Mastication (CN V3) masseter - temporalis - pterygoid (lateral, medial) Facial (CN VII) Ear auriculares (anterior, superior, posterior) - temporoparietalis Scalp/eyelid occipitofrontalis (occipitalis, frontalis) - orbicularis oculi (depressor supercilii) - corrugator supercilii Nose procerus - nasalis (dilatator naris) - depressor septi nasi - levator labii superioris alaeque nasi Mouth levator anguli oris - levator labii superioris - zygomaticus (major, minor) orbicularis oris - risorius - buccinator depressor anguli oris - depressor labii inferioris - mentalis Mouth/throat (CN IX, X, XI) (except TVP=V3) Soft palate veli palatini (tensor, levator) - musculus uvulae - palatopharyngeus (to pharnyx) - palatoglossus (to tongue) Pharynx pharyngeal constrictor (superior, middle, inferior) - longitudinal (stylopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus) Larynx cricothyroid - cricoarytenoid (posterior, lateral) - arytenoid (oblique arytenoid/aryepiglottic, transverse arytenoid) - thyroarytenoid (vocal, thyroepiglottic) Tongue (CN XII) extrinsic (genioglossus, hyoglossus/chondroglossus, styloglossus) - intrinsic (superior longitudinal, inferior longitudinal, transverse, vertical)