THYROID CARTILAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thyroid cartilage mean? 

• THYROID CARTILAGE (noun)
  The noun THYROID CARTILAGE has 1 sense:

1. the largest cartilage of the larynx

  Familiarity information: THYROID CARTILAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THYROID CARTILAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest cartilage of the larynx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

Adam's apple; thyroid cartilage

Hypernyms ("thyroid cartilage" is a kind of...):

cartilage; gristle (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)

Holonyms ("thyroid cartilage" is a part of...):

larynx; voice box (a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech)

 Context examples 

A cartilage ring around the trachea below the thyroid cartilage.

(Cricoid Cartilage, NCI Thesaurus)

The synovial joint connecting the thyroid cartilage at the inferior horn to the side of the cricoid cartilage.

(Cricothyroid Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

An elastic, fibrous tissue connecting the superior horn of the thyroid cartilage and the tip of the greater horn of the hyoid cartilage.

(Lateral Thyrohyoid Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the common carotid artery at the level of the upper border of the thyroid cartilage that ascends the neck forming eight different branches.

(External Carotid Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A broad, fibro-elastic membrane extending from the upper border of the thyroid cartilage to the greater cornu and posterior border of the hyoid bone.

(Middle Thyrohyoid Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)