Lateral Cricoarytenoids.

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A muscle pair of the larynx that arises from the lateral upper margins of the arch of the cricoid cartilage and inserts into the muscular outer processes of the arytenoid cartilages. When contracting, these muscles assist in partially closing the glottis by rotating the vocal processes of the arytenoids inward, narrowing or approximating the membranous vocal folds from the vocal processes forward (medial compression).[1]

  1. "NATS July 2022 Pedagogy Workshop Working Group Three Science-Informed Terminology and Definitions for Voice Pedagogy" (PDF). Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy Resources. Retrieved March 5 2025. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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