This figure demonstrates control of the position of the cricoid cartilage.
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The thyroid cartilage and cricoid cartilage lie just above the gland, below the Adam's apple.
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The cricoid cartilage is attached to the top of the trachea and acts as the bottom of the larynx.
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The posterior edge of each half articulates with the cricoid cartilage inferiorly at a joint called the cricothyroid joint.
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Examples include the rings of the trachea, such as the cricoid cartilage and auricle / pinna of the ear.
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A medical procedure known as a cricoidectomy can be performed in which part or all of the cricoid cartilage is removed.
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Belting or belt quality is a complex setup combining speech quality, twang quality, a tilted cricoid cartilage and raised larynx.
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The Sellick Maneuver is performed by applying gentle pressure to the anterior neck ( in a posterior direction ) at the level of the Cricoid Cartilage.
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The trachea is surrounded by rings of hyaline cartilage; these rings are incomplete and C-shaped, except for the first ring, called the cricoid cartilage.
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The "'Cricoarytenoid ligament "'extends from the lamina of the cricoid cartilage to the medial surface of the base and muscular process of the arytenoid cartilage.
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