cricoid cartilage
cricoid cartilage · cricoid cartilages
A ring of hyaline cartilage which articulates with the lower cornua of the thyroid…A ring of hyaline cartilage which articulates with the lower cornua of the thyroid cartilage and with which the arytenoid cartilages articulate; it forms the inferior wall of the larynx.
Meaning
1 sensesA ring of hyaline cartilage which articulates with the lower cornua of the thyroid cartilage and with which the arytenoid cartilages articulate; it forms the inferior wall of the larynx.
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