English Dictionary

thyroarytenoid muscle

名詞

(anatomy) A broad, thin muscle that arises especially from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the arytenoid cartilage, and functions to relax and shorten the vocal cords by drawing the arytenoid cartilage forward and to narrow the rima glottidis by rotating the arytenoid cartilage inward causing the vocal cords to approach each other.

日本語の意味

甲状軟骨から起始し、会厭軟骨（または輪状軟骨）に付着する広く薄い筋肉。声帯を緩和・短縮し、会厭軟骨を前方に引いて声帯を近づけ、声門隙を狭める働きを持つ。

Electromyography showed that the thyroarytenoid muscle contracted during phonation, contributing to fine adjustments of vocal cord tension.

筋電図は、甲状軟骨から起こって披裂軟骨に付着し、披裂軟骨を前方に引いて声帯を短縮・弛緩させ、声門裂を狭めることで声帯を接近させる幅広く薄い筋肉である甲状披裂筋が発声中に収縮し、声帯の張力を微調整していることを示した。

意味（1）

(anatomy) A broad, thin muscle that arises especially from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the arytenoid cartilage, and functions to relax and shorten the vocal cords by drawing the arytenoid cartilage forward and to narrow the rima glottidis by rotating the arytenoid cartilage inward causing the vocal cords to approach each other.

thyroarytenoid muscles （ plural ）