Medical Dictionary

vocal ligament

noun

Medical Definition of VOCAL LIGAMENT

:  the band of yellow elastic tissue contained in each true vocal cord and stretching between the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages—called also inferior thyroarytenoid ligament

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