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vocal ligament

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Main Entry: vocal ligament
Function: noun
: the band of yellow elastic tissue contained in each true vocal cord and stretching between the thyroid and arytenoidcartilages called also inferior thyroarytenoid ligament
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vocal ligament n.
The band that extends on either side from the thyroid cartilage to the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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