arytenoid

American  

[ar-i-tee-noid, uh-rit-n-oid] / ˌær ɪˈti nɔɪd, əˈrɪt nˌɔɪd /

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.

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noun

1. an arytenoid cartilage, muscle, or gland.

arytenoid British  

/ ˌærɪˈtiːnɔɪd /

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

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noun

1. an arytenoid cartilage or muscle

Other Word Forms

• arytenoidal adjective
• interarytenoid adjective
• postarytenoid adjective
• subarytenoid adjective
• subarytenoidal adjective

Etymology

Origin of arytenoid

1685–95; < Greek arytainoeidḗs literally, ladle-shaped, equivalent to arýtain ( a ) ladle, pitcher, funnel + -oeidēs -oid

Example Sentences

A true vocal cord is one of the white, membranous folds attached by muscle to the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx on their outer edges.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The Vocal Cords.—Within the larynx, and stretched across it from the thyroid cartilage in front to the arytenoid cartilages behind, are placed the two sets of folds, called the vocal cords.

From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman

This is apparently accomplished by the rotation of the arytenoid cartilages; but the specific muscular contractions concerned in the rotation of the arytenoids have not been located.

From The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern by Taylor, David C. (David Clark)

The laryngeal lesion may be due to cordal immobility from either paralysis or inflammatory arytenoid fixation, in the absence of edema.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

The muscles of the arytenoid cartilages are then brought to a proper relation for action, by which a tension of the vocal cords is produced, that favors clear and harmonious enunciation.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin