thyroid cartilage

collocation in English

meaningsofthyroidandcartilage

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thyroid
adjective
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/ˈθaɪ.rɔɪd/us
/ˈθaɪ.rɔɪd/
relating to the ...
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cartilage
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɑː.təl.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈkɑːr.t̬əl.ɪdʒ/
(a piece of) a type of strong tissue found in humans in the joints (= places where two bones are connected) and other places such as the nose, throat, ...
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(Definition ofthyroidandcartilagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The mean doses to thethyroidcartilageranged from 1% to 28% of the prescribed dose among the three techniques.
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The carotid sinus is located at the bifurcation of the internal and external carotid arteries lateral to thethyroidcartilage.
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Viewing from the beam's eye view of the vertex field, the temporal lobes, optic nerve, pituitary gland andthyroidcartilagewere inside the field path.
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The carotid sinus is located at the bifurcation of the internal and external carotid arteries located between the superior border of thethyroidcartilageand the angle of the mandible.
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This name is however based on the fact that the thyroid gland is in the close vicinity of thethyroidcartilage.
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This procedure attempts to raise vocal pitch by surgically modifying the cricoid andthyroidcartilagestructures.
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A filament descends beneath the mucous membrane on the inner surface of thethyroidcartilageand joins the recurrent nerve.
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In this case in refers to the shield-like appearance of thethyroidcartilage.
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For example, thethyroidcartilageis found only in mammals.
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During adolescence, thethyroidcartilagegrows together with the larynx.
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Each vessel passes obliquely upward, from behind the sternoclavicular joint to the level of the upper border of thethyroidcartilage, where it divides.
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It runs between the vestibular fold, thyroarytenoid muscle, andthyroidcartilage, and is conical, bending slightly backward.
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Some of its fibers are lost in the constrictor muscles while others, joining the palatopharyngeus muscle, are inserted into the posterior border of thethyroidcartilage.
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Right lamina ofthyroidcartilageremoved.
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Cardarelli's sign can be felt by a physician pressing on thethyroidcartilageand displacing it to the patient's left.
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The pulse is taken by palpating the artery just deep to the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle at the level of the superior border of thethyroidcartilage.
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