See Also: prominentia laryngea(medicine)
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prominentia(medicine)
prominentia styloidea(medicine)
protuberantia laryngea(medicine)
prominentia spiralis(medicine)
prominentia mallearis(medicine)
pars laryngea pharyngis(medicine)
arteria laryngea inferior(medicine)
vena laryngea superior(medicine)

prominentia laryngea (medicine)


prominentia laryngea -->
laryngeal prominence


The projection on the anterior portion of the neck formed by the thyroid cartilage of the larynx; serves as an external indication of the level of the fifth cervical vertebra.

Synonym: prominentia laryngea, Adam's apple, protuberantia laryngea, thyroid eminence.