*Innervated by the caudal laryngeal nerve a branch of the vagus nerve ([[Cranial Nerves - Anatomy & Physiology|CN X]])
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The thyroarytenoid muscle is innervated by the '''caudal laryngeal nerve''', a branch of the vagus nerve ([[Cranial Nerves - Anatomy & Physiology|CN X]]). It runs from the laryngeal floor to the '''thyroid cartilage''' and '''arytenoid cartilage''' and alters the tension of the vocal and vestibular folds. It forms part of the '''sphincter muscular arrangement'''.
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*Laryngeal floor to the thyroid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage
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*Alters the tension of the vocal and vestibular folds