cricoid cartilage

Definition

A cartilaginous ring that provides support for the arytenoid cartilages and forms the caudal part of the larynx.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Neighbouring structures

• epiglottic cartilage
• arytenoid cartilage
• corniculate cartilage
• cuneiform cartilage
• thyroid cartilage

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Identifiers

TA2

978

TA98

A06.2.03.001

FMA

9615

UBERON

0002375

Wikidata

Q638244