The thyroid cartilage is a cartilage structure that sits above the thyroid gland in front of the larynx. Learn more about its structure and function.

Thyroid cartilage. This cartilage is the largest piece of cartilage in your neck. It makes your Adam’s apple and surrounds the front of the voice box and windpipe, just under your thyroid gland .

Dr. Avi Khafif Hefetz, a specialist in head and neck surgery and oncology at the A.R.M. Center of Tel Aviv’s Assuta Medical Center, led procedures to reduce the thyroid cartilage surrounding the ...

An Adam’s apple is part of the thyroid cartilage, which protects the larynx (voice box) and vocal cords from injury. Men are more likely than women to have prominent Adam’s apples due to ...

The “Adam’s apple” refers to when the front of the thyroid cartilage around your larynx (voice box) protrudes outward. It’s more common in males and typically develops during puberty. The ...

The Adam’s apple, also called a laryngeal prominence, refers to the bump of cartilage surrounding the thyroid and throat in the front of the neck. It is typically more prominent in males ...

This innovative technique approaches the thyroid cartilage through an incision in the mouth, instead of requiring a neck incision. The preliminary outcomes, published May 4 in Facial Plastic Surgery & ...

If you touch the most prominent bump of your Adam's apple, you are feeling the rounded edge of your thyroid cartilage. Your vocal cords are attached to the inside of this protective structure.