adjective: (anatomy) Of or relating to the cricoid and arytenoid cartilages.
adjective: (anatomy) Of or relating to the cricoarytenoid muscle.
noun: (anatomy) Ellipsis of cricoarytenoid muscle.. [(anatomy) Either of a pair of muscles which originate from the cricoid and insert on to the arytenoid cartilage, and serve to adduct and abduct the vocal folds.]