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HN 266 COMPONENTS OF THE LARYNX (1) HN 266

(I) THYROID CARTILAGE

SUPERIOR SUPERIOR HORN
HORN NOTCH

NOTCH

PROMINENCE

LEFT RIGHT
LAMINA LAMINA
OBLIQUE
LINE

INFERIOR
LATERAL VIEW HORN POSTERIOR

VIEW

NOTCH
SUPERIOR
HORN

ANTERIOR VIEW

INFERIOR
HORN

(II) SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF THE THYROID CARTILAGE
SUPERIOR VIEWS

>90°

3x/2 >90°

x

Until puberry, the transverse: antero-posterior diameters are those of the female.
It puberty, the male larynx grout differentially, so that its antero-posterior
diameter become relatively long. The accounts for the more prominent "Adam's
apple of males, and their deeper voices (q.v.)