CRICO-MEMBRANOSUS

(Lat.), n. m. Kri(kri2)"ko(kos)- me2m-bra2n(bra3n)-os'u3s(u4s). See CRICO-EPIGLOTTIC US. CRICO-tESOPHAGEUS^Lat.), adj. Kri(kria)"ko(ko3)-e(o-ea)- so2f-a(as)'je2(ge2)-u (u4s). Pertaining to the cricoid cartilage and to the oasophagus; as a n., a muscle in relation with those parts. [L, 31.] C. anterior. Syn.: levator oesophagi. A bundle of longitudinal muscular fibres upon the upper and anterior surface of the oesophagus, united by the posterior aspect of the cricoid cartilage. fL, 332.] Crico-oesophagei later a les. Bundles of the longitudinal muscular fibres of the oesophagus which unite with the crico-pharyngeus or thyreo-pharyngeus muscle. [L, 332.J C. medius. See C. anterior. [s. 445]