cricoid cartilages

A form of cricoid cartilage — A ring of hyaline cartilage which articulates with the lower cornua of the thyroid cartilage and with which the arytenoid cartilages articulate; it forms the inferior wall of the larynx.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of cricoid cartilage
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