Abductor of larynx is: (A) Cricothyroid, (B) Posterior cricoarytenoid, (C) Thyro arytenoid, (D) Lateral cricoarytenoid
Answer is B. movements and muscles Elevation of larynx; thyrohyoid, mylohyoid Depression of larynx; sternothyroid, sternohyoid Opening inlet of larynx; thyroepiglottic Closing inlet of larynx: aryepiglottic Abductor of vocal cords: posterior cricoarytenoid only Adductor of vocal cords: lateral cricoarytenoid transverse and oblique arytenoids Ref BDC volume 3,sixth edition