Larynx — Cartilages, Muscles & Nerve Supply — Practice
A 45-year-old woman develops a hoarse, breathy voice and a tendency to aspirate liquids after a thyroidectomy. The external laryngeal nerve was preserved, but one intrinsic muscle remains functioning to keep the cords slightly tensed. All of the following intrinsic laryngeal muscles are supplied by the recurrent laryngeal nerve EXCEPT:
ATransverse arytenoid
BLateral cricoarytenoid
CCricothyroid
DPosterior cricoarytenoid