Ana3D

cricothyroid muscle

Musculus cricothyreoideus

Muscular

3D model: cricothyroid muscle
cricothyroid muscle
3D models: Browne, Kristen, and Heidi Schlehlein. 2026. 3D Reference Organ Set for Male, v1.10. https://doi.org/10.48539/HBM833.WZWN.425. HuBMAP CCF 3D Reference Object Library, https://humanatlas.io/3d-reference-library. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Definition

Intrinsic muscle of the larynx, innervated by the external division of the laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve. It attaches to the anterolateral surface of the cricoid cartilage and the external surface of the thyroid cartilage.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Relations

Innervation
external laryngeal nerve

Sub-structures

Neighbouring structures

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Identifiers

TA2
2193
TA98
A06.2.08.001
FMA
46417
UBERON
0001566
Wikidata
Q261411