noun
arytenoid cartilage
Anatomical term for the paired cartilages in the larynx to which the vocal cords are attached.
披裂軟骨は声帯の動きに重要な役割を果たす。
The arytenoid cartilages play an important role in the movement of the vocal cords.
Compound of 披裂 (hiretsu, 'splitting open') and 軟骨 (nankotsu, 'cartilage'), likely a calque from Western anatomical terminology.