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

Preferred term

Thyroid Cartilage  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • a laryngeal cartilage: nothing to do with THYROID GLAND

Scope note

  • The largest cartilage of the larynx consisting of two laminae fusing anteriorly at an acute angle in the midline of the neck. The point of fusion forms a subcutaneous projection known as the Adam's apple.

History note

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013957

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