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Descriptor English: Thyroid Cartilage
Descriptor Spanish: Cartílago Tiroides
Descriptor cartílago tiroides
Entry term(s) manzana de Adán
prominencia laríngea
Scope note: Es el cartílago más grande de la laringe que consta de dos laminillas que se fusionan anteriormente en un ángulo agudo en la línea media del cuello. El punto de fusión forma una prominencia subcutánea conocida como la manzana de Adán.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cartilagem Tireóidea
Descriptor French: Cartilage thyroïde
Entry term(s): Cartilage, Thyroid
Cartilages, Thyroid
Thyroid Cartilages
Tree number(s): A02.165.257.625.870
A02.165.407.500.870
A04.329.591.870
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013957
Scope note: The largest cartilage of the larynx consisting of two laminae fusing anteriorly at an acute angle in the midline of the neck. The point of fusion forms a subcutaneous projection known as the Adam's apple.
Annotation: a laryngeal cartilage: nothing to do with THYROID GLAND
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Laryngeal Cartilages (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES 1979-90
History Note: 91(79); was see under LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES 1979-90
DeCS ID: 14345
Unique ID: D013957
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/19
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Thyroid Cartilage - Preferred
Concept UI M0021476
Scope note The largest cartilage of the larynx consisting of two laminae fusing anteriorly at an acute angle in the midline of the neck. The point of fusion forms a subcutaneous projection known as the Adam's apple.
Preferred term Thyroid Cartilage
Entry term(s) Cartilage, Thyroid
Cartilages, Thyroid
Thyroid Cartilages



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