Thyroid cartilage

Thyroid cartilage
The cartilages of the larynx
Details
Precursor4th and 6th branchial arch
Identifiers
Latincartilago thyroidea
MeSHD013957
TA98A06.2.02.002
TA2967
FMA55099
Anatomical terminology

The thyroid cartilage is the largest of the nine cartilages that make up the laryngeal skeleton, the cartilage structure in and around the trachea that contains the larynx. It does not completely encircle the larynx (only the cricoid cartilage encircles it).