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?

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Normal Structure and Function

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ACricothyroid
BVocalis
CLateral cricoarytenoid
DPosterior cricoarytenoid
EThyroarytenoid

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