arytenoid

1. Either of two small pitcher-shaped cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal cords are attached.
2. A muscle connected to either of these cartilages.
3. Any of several small mucous glands located in front of these cartilages.

[New Latin arytaenoīdēs, from Greek arutainoeidēs, shaped like a ladle : arutaina, feminine variant of arutēr, ladle (from aruein, to draw water) + -oeidēs, -oid.]

1. Either of two small pitcher-shaped cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal cords are attached.
2. A muscle that is connected to either of these cartilages.
3. Any of several small mucous glands located in front of these cartilages.

Of or relating to these cartilages or an associated muscle or gland.

Shaped like a jug or pitcher, as the arytenoid cartilage.

• a. abscess — see laryngeal chondritis.
• a. cartilage — one of the paired laryngeal cartilages in the dorsal part of the larynx that provides attachment for the muscles that adduct and abduct the vocal cords. The cartilages form the dorsal boundary of the rima glottis, the vocal cords the ventral boundary.
• a. chondritis — inflammation of the arytenoid cartilage that causes a syndrome similar to that caused by recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis.
• a. lateralization — a surgical technique used to treat laryngeal paralysis in dogs. One or both arytenoid cartilages are fixed in a lateral position with sutures, thereby enlarging the diameter of the laryngeal lumen.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached
  Synonyms: arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage

Arytenoid can refer to:

• Arytenoid cartilage
• Arytenoid muscle

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