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. 2011 Mar 18;218(5):566–585. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01361.x

Table 3.

Origin and insertion of the intrinsic laryngeal muscles of the adult male goitred gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa)

Muscle Portion Origin Insertion
M. cricothyroideus Cricoid arch and laterally from broadened rostral end of cricoid spine Caudal edge of thyroid lamina and ventrolaterally to caudal horn of thyroid cartilage
M. cricoarytenoideus dorsalis Cricoid lamina, mostly in exception from its thin and flexible, dorsally concave caudal part, dorsal to cricothyroid connection Dorsocaudal surface of muscular process of arytenoid cartilage
M. cricoarytenoideus lateralis Dorsorostral half of cricoid arch Triangular ventrolateral surface of muscular process of arytenoid cartilage
M. arytenoideus transversus Rostrodorsal edge of muscular process of arytenoid cartilage Contralateral muscle
M. thyroarytenoideus Rostral Dorsal surface of thyroid cartilage, rostral to thyroid prominence With strongly converging fibres to the apex of the arytenoid cartilage, rostral to M.arytenoideus transversus
Middle Dorsal surface of thyroid cartilage, rostral part of thyroid prominence Ventrorostral surface of muscular process of arytenoid cartilage
Caudal Dorsal surface of thyroid cartilage, caudal part of thyroid prominence Ventrocaudal surface of muscular process of arytenoid cartilage