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Intro To The Vocal Chords
The Diaphragm
The Larynx
Vocal Folds
Posterior Cricoarytenoid
Lateral Cricoarytenoid
Thyroarytenoid
Cricothyroid
Interarytenoids
Vocab
Singing
Human Anatomy 6th hour
Emily Hribar and Taylor Felver
Menu
posterior cricoarytenoid
These are the only muscles involved in abduction.
They open the glottis by pulling the back ends of the arytenoid cartilages together.
This pulls the front ends where the vocal folds attach apart, which pulls the vocal folds apart