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cricoid cartilages

cricoid cartilages is the plural of cricoid cartilage.

Meaning of cricoid cartilage

Noun

cricoid cartilage (plural cricoid cartilages)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    cricoid

Questions about cricoid cartilages

What is cricoid cartilages the plural of?
Cricoid cartilages is the plural of cricoid cartilage.

Words near cricoid cartilages in the dictionary

  1. cricoarytenoids
  2. cricoconarid
  3. cricoesophageal
  4. cricoid
  5. cricoid cartilage
  6. cricoid cartilages
  7. cricoidal
  8. cricoidectomy
  9. cricoids
  10. cricomyotomy
  11. cricondenbar

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