Aryepiglottic muscle

Aryepiglotticus muscle
Muscles of larynx seen from behind. Oblique arytenoid: The "X" in the center. Transverse arytenoid: Bands underneath the "X". Aryepiglotticus: Wraps around back.
Sagittal section of the larynx and upper part of the trachea (arytenoideus visible at center right)
Details
Origin	Apex of arytenoid
Insertion	Lateral border of epiglottis
Artery	Larygeal branch of superior thyroid artery
Nerve	Inferior laryngeal nerve (from the vagus nerve)
Actions	Close the inlet
Identifiers
Latin	Pars aryepiglottica musculi arytaenoidei obliqui, musculus aryepiglotticus
TA	A06.2.08.011
FMA	46602
*Anatomical terms of muscle* [edit on Wikidata]

The aryepiglotticus is a muscle of the larynx running in the aryepiglottic fold from the arytenoid cartilage to the epiglottis.

Additional images

-898957235 at GPnotebook
lesson11 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (larynxmuscles)

Muscles of the neck

Cervical	Platysma Sternocleidomastoid Longus capitis Longus colli Scalene anterior middle posterior Rectus capitis anterior muscle Rectus capitis lateralis muscle

Suboccipital	Rectus capitis posterior major minor Obliquus capitis inferior superior

Suprahyoid	Mylohyoid Stylohyoid Digastric Geniohyoid

Infrahyoid	Thyrohyoid Sternohyoid Sternothyroid Omohyoid

Pharynx	Pharyngeal constrictor superior middle inferior Stylopharyngeus Salpingopharyngeus

Larynx	Cricothyroid Cricoarytenoid posterior lateral Arytenoid oblique arytenoid aryepiglottic transverse arytenoid Thyroarytenoid vocal thyroepiglottic

Trachea	Trachealis

Fasciae	Deep cervical fascia Pretracheal fascia Prevertebral fascia Investing layer Carotid sheath Alar fascia Palatine aponeurosis Buccopharyngeal fascia Pharyngobasilar fascia Pharyngeal raphe

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