A surgeon inadveently sections the recurrent laryngeal nerve during a procedure. Which of the following muscles would retain its innervation subsequent to this injury?
The recurrent laryngeal nerve is a branch of the vagus nerve, which innervates all of the intrinsic laryngeal muscles, except for the cricothyroid muscle.
Cricothyroid
Lateral cricoarytenoid
Posterior cricoarytenoid
Thyroarytenoid
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