develops from develops from composed primarily of laryngeal cartilage hyaline cartilage tissue cricoid cartilage http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Gray1194.png https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/larynx-female/v1.1/assets/3d-vh-f-larynx.glb https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/larynx-male/v1.1/assets/3d-vh-m-larynx.glb MA:0001762 SCTID:263484006 Cartilaginous ring that provides support for the arytenoid cartilages. Its ventral part is bent posteriorly to form a V.[AAO] UMLS:C0010323 cartilago cricoidea UBERON:0002375 (In anura) a dorsal pair of arytenoid cartilages (...), which support vocal cords, and a ventral pair (often fused) of cricoid cartilage (...). These cartilages are regarded as derivatives of posterior visceral arches of ancestors. Together they constitute the larynx, a structure characteristic of tetrapods. (...) (In mammals) Paired arytenoid cartilages help support and control the vocal cords. The cricoid cartilage is single. Two additional cartilages are present that are lacking in other vertebrates: a large ventral thyroid cartilage (...) and a cartilage in the epiglottis.[well established][VHOG] The ringlike cartilage forming the caudal part of the larynx. [TFD][VHOG] A cartilaginous ring that provides support for the arytenoid cartilages and forms the caudal part of the larynx. MESH:D003413 krykoid cartilage innominate cartilage GAID:110 NCIT:C32400 VHOG:0001308 Wikipedia:Cricoid_cartilage cartilago cricoidea EHDAA2:0000326 cartilaginis cricoideae FMA:9615 cricoid cricoidea EMAPA:18696 cartilago cricotrachealis AAO:0000675 EHDAA:9393 cricoid pre-cartilage condensation Robert Druzinsky Christopher J. Mungall