Vocal muscle

Vocal muscle

Infobox Muscle
Name = PAGENAME
Latin = musculus vocalis
GraySubject = 236
GrayPage = 1083


Caption = Muscles of the larynx, seen from above.


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Origin =
Insertion =
Blood =
Nerve = recurrent laryngeal nerve
Action =
Antagonist =
DorlandsPre = m_22
DorlandsSuf = 12551368
The vocal muscle is the upper portion of the thyroarytenoid muscle which is primarily involved in producing speech.


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