Transverse arytenoid

Transverse arytenoid
Transverse arytenoid is readily seen but not labeled (it is indicated by the lower line of "Arytaenoideus" label)
Identifiers
TA98A06.2.08.012
TA22205
FMA46582
Anatomical terms of muscle

The transverse arytenoid is an unpaired intrinsic muscle of the larynx. It is situated deep to the two oblique arytenoids; the oblique and transverse arytenoids are often considered two parts of a single muscle - the interarytenoid (arytenoid) muscle (which is then said to have an oblique part and a transverse part).

The transverse arytenoid bridges the gap between the two arytenoid cartilage in the larynx, occupying the concavity of the lateral surface of each cartilage.

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