Abductor of vocal cord is ___________
Correct Answer: Posterior cricoarytenoid
Description: INTRINSIC MUSCLES ACTING ON VOCAL CORDS: Abductors Posterior cricoarytenoid Adductors Lateral cricoarytenoid, lnterarytenoid (transverse arytenoid) Thyroarytenoid (external pa) Tensors Cricothyroid Vocalis (internal pa of thyroarytenoid) INTRINSIC MUSCLES ACTING ON LARYNGEAL INLET: Openers of laryngeal inlet Thyroepiglottic (pa of thyroarytenoid) Closers of larylngeal inlet Interarytenoid (oblique pa), Aryepiglottic (posterior oblique pa of interarytenoids)
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