thyroid cartilage

Introduction

The largest of the laryngeal cartilages consisting of 2 quadrilateral plates or laminae joined anteriorly at an angle of 20-90 degrees.

The prominence in the neck formed by the thyroid cartilage is the laryngeal prominence or Adam's apple.

More general terms

• cartilage

More specific terms

• horns of thyroid cartilage (inferior/superior)
• inferior thyroid tubercle
• lamina of thyroid cartilage
• superior thyroid tubercle