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Question
While performing a subtotal thyroidectomy, a surgeon inadvertently sections the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Which of the following muscles would retain its innervation subsequent to this injury?
Options
- ACricothyroid
- BVocalis
- CLateral cricoarytenoid
- DPosterior cricoarytenoid
- EThyroarytenoid
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