lamina of thyroid cartilage

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Introduction

One of the paired (right & left) thin quadrilateral plates of the thyroid cartilage. The inferior 2/3s of the paired plates fuse anteriorly to form the laryngeal prominence.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.