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... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Cartilage > Hyaline Cartilage > Laryngeal Cartilages > Cricoid Cartilage
Musculoskeletal System > Cartilage > Hyaline Cartilage > Laryngeal Cartilages > Cricoid Cartilage
... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Cartilage > Elastic Cartilage > Laryngeal Cartilages > Cricoid Cartilage
Musculoskeletal System > Cartilage > Elastic Cartilage > Laryngeal Cartilages > Cricoid Cartilage
Respiratory System > Larynx > Laryngeal Cartilages > Cricoid Cartilage

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Cricoid Cartilage  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Scope note

  • The small thick cartilage that forms the lower and posterior parts of the laryngeal wall.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES 1979-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003413

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