<prompt> The surgeon performing a thyroidectomy should remember all exceptRecurrent laryngeal nerve is closely related to the inferior thyroid arterySuperior laryngeal nerve supplies the cricothyroid muscleRecurrent laryngeal nerve supplies all the intrinsic muscles of the larynxInferior thyroid artery is long and tortuous  <response>: Recurrent laryngeal nerve supplies all intrinsic muscles of larynx except cricothyroid muscle which is supplied by superior laryngeal nerve external laryngeal branch. 