1 the cartilage that supports the larynx (= the organ that creates the human voice) and is shaped like a ring -- 环状软骨
A ring of hyaline cartilage called the cricoid cartilage forms the inferior wall of the larynx and is attached to the top of trachea.
The cricoid cartilage is the only complete ring of cartilage in the trachea.
The pharynx joins the oesophagus at the esophageal inlet which is behind the cricoid cartilage.
It connects together the front parts of the contiguous margins of the thyroid and cricoid cartilages.
The lateral plate mesoderm consists of the laryngeal cartilages (arytenoid and cricoid).
A medical procedure known as a cricoidectomy can be performed in which part or all of the cricoid cartilage is removed.
Beginning around 2000, a significant body of evidence has accumulated which questions the effectiveness of cricoid pressure.
Prior to definitive cardiac surgery, he underwent a cricoid split for tracheal stenosis.
