Lateral Cricoarytenoid
Adducts and medially rotates cartilage, pulling vocal ligaments towards midline and backwards and so closing rima glottidis. Located in the head.
- Actions
- adducts and medially rotates cartilage, pulling vocal ligaments towards midline and backwards and so closing rima glottidis
- Origin
- lateral part of arch of cricoid cartilage
- Insertion
- muscular process of arytenoid cartilage
- Innervation
- vagus nerve [CNX], recurrent laryngeal nerve
Antagonists Posterior Cricoarytenoid