A 35-Year-Old Woman Had a Partial Thyroidectomy for the Treatment

A 35-year-old woman had a partial thyroidectomy for the treatment of thyrotoxicosis. During the operation a ligature slipped off the right superior thyroid artery. To stop the hemorrhage, the surgeon blindly grabbed for the artery with artery forceps. The operation was completed without further incident. The following morning the patient spoke with a husky voice.
-The following statements about this patient would explain the husky voice except which?

A) Laryngoscopic examination revealed that the right vocal cord was slack, causing the huskiness of the voice.
B) The vocal cord is tensed by the contraction of the cricothyroid muscle.
C) The cricothyroid muscle tilts back the cricoid cartilage and pulls forward the thyroid cartilage.
D) The cricothyroid muscle is innervated by the recurrent laryngeal nerve.
E) The superior thyroid artery is closely related to the external laryngeal nerve.