cricoid cartilage

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cricoid cartilage (plural cricoid cartilages)

  1. (anatomy) 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.
    Synonym: cricoid

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