thyroarytenoid muscle

Noun

 * 1)  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  by rotating the arytenoid cartilage inward causing the vocal cords to approach each other.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 甲杓肌