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cricoid cartilage [2 records]

Record 1 2015-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Larynx
CONT

The most important parts of the laryngeal skeleton are the thyroid cartilage, the cricoid cartilage and the two arytenoid cartilages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Larynx
CONT

Le squelette cartilagineux du larynx est composé de cinq pièces principales : trois sont médianes, le cartilage thyroïde, le cartilage cricoïde et l’épiglotte. [...] Deux cartilages sont latéraux, ce sont les cartilages aryténoïdes qui surplombent la partie postérieure du cricoïde et sont cachés derrière le cartilage thyroïde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Laringe
CONT

Las partes principales del esqueleto laríngeo son el cartílago tiroides, el cartílago cricoides y los dos cartílagos aritenoides.

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Record 2 1977-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The glottis] is usually flanked by [...] a ventral pair (often fused) [of cartilages, individually called] cricoid cartilage (cricoid = ring-shaped). These cartilages are regarded as derivatives of posterior visceral arches of ancestors. [Along with the arytenoid cartilages] they constitute the larynx, a structure characteristic of tetropods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Sous sa forme la plus simple («Tétrapodes non mammaliens») le larynx est fait de deux cartilages pairs [l'un d'eux est le] cartilage «cricoïde» [...], plus postérieur [que le cartilage «arythénoïde». L'ensemble des cartilages «cricoïdes» est] généralement fusionné en un anneau.

Spanish

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