SYN: oblique arytenoid muscle, transverse arytenoid (muscle). [G. arytainoeides, ladle-shaped, applied to cartilage of the larynx, fr. arytaina, a ladle, + eidos, resemblance]
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ar·y·te·noi·de·us (ar″ə-te-noiґde-əs) [L.] see musculus arytenoideus obliquus and transversus.Medical dictionary. 2011.