ARYTENOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arytenoid mean? 

• ARYTENOID (noun)
  The noun ARYTENOID has 1 sense:

1. either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached

  Familiarity information: ARYTENOID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARYTENOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arytaenoid; arytenoid; arytenoid cartilage

Hypernyms ("arytenoid" is a kind of...):

cartilage; gristle (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)

Holonyms ("arytenoid" is a part of...):

larynx; voice box (a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech)

 Context examples 

The nine cartilages of the larynx, including the cricoid, thyroid and epiglottic, and two each of arytenoid, corniculate and cuneiform.

(Laryngeal Cartilage, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The synovial joints uniting the base of each arytenoid cartilage to the lamina of the cricoid cartilage.

(Cricoarytenoid Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle that arises from the arytenoid cartilage of one side of the larynx and inserts to the arytenoid cartilage of the opposite site.

(Arytenoid Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

A membranous fold extending between the arytenoid cartilage and the epiglottis.

(Aryteno-Epiglottic Fold, NCI Thesaurus)

A band of muscular fibers of the oblique arytenoid muscle that extends from the summit of the arytenoid cartilage to the side of the epiglottis and whose action constricts the laryngeal aperture.

(Aryepiglottic Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

One of two small conical nodules of elastic cartilage which caps the apex of the arytenoid cartilages.

(Corniculate Cartilage, NCI Thesaurus)