Cricoid cartilage
- Type
- Cartilage
- Japanese
- 輪状軟骨
- Reading
- りんじょうなんこつ
- English
- Cricoid cartilage
- Latin
- Cartilago cricoidea
- Main functions
- Respiration / Phonation
Connections
Part of
Articulates with
Connected by
Muscles arising here
Articles
A dedicated article on this structure is in preparation.
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- Larynx: cartilages, vocal folds and how the voice is produced
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