Anatomy
laryngeal cartilage
la·ryn·ge·al car·ti·lage
Subclass of:
Elastic Cartilage; Hyaline Cartilage; Larynx
Definitions related to laryngeal cartilage:
  • The nine cartilages that comprise the skeleton of the larynx, including the single thyroid, epiglottic, and cricoid cartilages, and the paired arytenoid, corniculate, and cuneiform cartilages.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The nine cartilages of the larynx, including the cricoid, thyroid and epiglottic, and two each of arytenoid, corniculate and cuneiform.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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