cricoid cartilage
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Introduction
A signet ring-shaped cartilage surrounding the inferior larynx, below the arytenoid cartilage. Its anterior part is called the arch (arcus); its posterior part is called the lamina.
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References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999