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Aryepiglottic muscle

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Origin
  
Apex of arytenoid

Actions
  
Close the inlet

Aryepiglottic muscle

Insertion
  
Lateral border of epiglottis

Artery
  
Larygeal branch of superior thyroid artery

Nerve
  
Inferior laryngeal nerve (from the vagus nerve)

Latin
  
Pars aryepiglottica musculi arytaenoidei obliqui, musculus aryepiglotticus

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

References

Aryepiglottic muscle Wikipedia