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Tendo cricoesophageus

tendo cricoesophageus --> cricoesophageal tendon

longitudinal fibre of the oesophagus that attaches to the posterior aspect of the cricoid cartilage of the larynx.

Synonym: tendo cricoesophageus, gillette's suspensory ligament, suspensory ligament of oesophagus.


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