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THYROID CARTILAGE [2 records]

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Record 1 2008-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
CONT

... in mammals there is added [to the arytenoid and cricoid cartilages of the larynx,] anterior to the cricoid a large, ventrally placed cartilage, the "thyroid cartilage, which probably comes from the fourth and fifth gill arches plus their copula.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
CONT

Chez les "Mammifères" s'ajoute un troisième élément [au larynx], le cartilage thyroïde, [qu'on retrouve en] paire chez les Monotrèmes, [et dont l'ensemble est] fusionné en une sorte de bouclier ventral chez les Marsupiaux et les Euthériens [...].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
CONT

La laringe de los mamíferos [...] se caracteriza por la existencia de dos nuevos cartílagos, el tiroides, formado a partir de los arcos branquiales cuarto y quinto, y la epiglotis, procedente del sexto arco branquial. La aparición del cartílago tiroides es simultánea con el desarrollo de los pliegues vocales y de los pliegues vestibulares a los que protege.

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Record 2 2008-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Nose (Medicine)
CONT

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nez (Médecine)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nariz (Medicina)
DEF

Cartílago mayor de la laringe, constituido por dos láminas que se unen formando un ángulo diedro abierto hacia atrás, en él se insertan los músculos y las cuerdas vocales.

CONT

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

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