Cricoarytenoid muscles are muscles that connect the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage.
More specifically, it can refer to:
- Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
- Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
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List of muscles of head and neck: the neck (TA A04.2, GA 4.387)
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| Cervical |
CN VII (superficial, PC): platysma
CN XI (deep): sternocleidomastoid
C1–C6 (anterior): Prevertebral muscles: longus (capitis, colli)
C3–C8 (lateral): scalene (anterior, medius, posterior)
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| Suboccipital |
C1: rectus capitis posterior (major, minor) · obliquus capitis (inferior, superior)
C1–C6 (anterior): Prevertebral muscles: rectus capitis (anterior, lateralis)
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| Suprahyoid |
CN V3 (medial): mylohyoid · anterior belly of digastric
CN VII (lateral): stylohyoid · posterior belly of digastric
C1 (deep): geniohyoid
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| Infrahyoid/strap |
C1: thyrohyoid
C1–C3: sternohyoid · sternothyroid · omohyoid
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| Fasciae |
Deep cervical fascia (Pretracheal fascia, Prevertebral fascia, Investing layer) · Carotid sheath · Alar fascia
pharynx: Buccopharyngeal fascia · Pharyngobasilar fascia
Palatine aponeurosis
Pharyngeal raphe
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| Pharynx |
pharyngeal constrictor (superior, middle, inferior) · longitudinal (stylopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus)
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| Larynx |
cricothyroid · cricoarytenoid (posterior, lateral) · arytenoid (oblique arytenoid/aryepiglottic, transverse arytenoid) · thyroarytenoid (vocal, thyroepiglottic)
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M: MUS, DF+DRCT
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anat (h/n, u, t/d, a/p, l)/phys/devp/hist
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noco (m, s, c)/cong (d)/tumr, sysi/epon, injr
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proc, drug (M1A/3)
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