Anatomy study note · Head and neck

Thyroid cartilage

The largest laryngeal cartilage: two laminae meeting in front at the thyroid notch, with the laryngeal prominence (Adam's apple).

Key points

• Largest; laryngeal prominence.
• Superior + inferior cornua.
• Carotid bifurcation at its upper border.
• Laryngeal cartilages: 4th and 6th arches.
• Thyroid cartilage: hyaline.
• Hyaline cartilage: type II collagen, perichondrium, avascular.

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 12, PDF pp. 1635, 1780
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 9, PDF p. 125; ch. 14, PDF p. 208
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 7, PDF pp. 117–120; ch. 15, PDF p. 270

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