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arytenoid

[ ar-i-tee-noid, uh-rit-n-oid ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to either of two small cartilages on top of the cricoid cartilage at the upper, back part of the larynx.
  2. pertaining to the muscles connected with these cartilages.
  3. pertaining to the glands in the aryepiglottic fold of the larynx.


noun

  1. an arytenoid cartilage, muscle, or gland.

arytenoid

/ ˌæɪˈپːɔɪ /

adjective

  1. denoting either of two small cartilages of the larynx that are attached to the vocal cords
  2. denoting any of three small muscles of the larynx that narrow the space between the vocal cords
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an arytenoid cartilage or muscle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··ٱ·ԴǾ·岹 [ar-i-tn-, oid, -l], adjective
  • t·y·ٱnǾ adjective
  • Dza··ٱnǾ adjective
  • ܲa··ٱnǾ adjective
  • ܲa··ٱ·ԴǾd adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of arytenoid1

1685–95; < Greek ٲԴDZ𾱻ḗs literally, ladle-shaped, equivalent to ýٲ ( a ) ladle, pitcher, funnel + -DZ𾱻ŧ -oid
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of arytenoid1

C18: from New Latin ٲԴī, from Greek ܳٲԴDZ𾱻ŧ shaped like a ladle, from arutaina ladle
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Baleen whale arytenoids look like large, long cylinders which are fused at their base, and thereby create a U-shaped structure covering nearly the entire length of the larynx.

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First, the tiny cartilages in the human larynx -- called the arytenoids -- that change the position of our vocal folds, have changed dramatically in whales.

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She also accused the physician on Monday of ruining her vocal cords and her arytenoids — which are attached to vocal cords — “permanently.”

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Epiglottis: A triangular-shaped cartilage that lies at the base of the airway just in front of the arytenoid cartilages which cover the airway during swallowing.

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At the top of the cricoid cartilage are situated the two small arytenoid cartilages, the right one of which is shown in Fig.

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