Do Women Have Adam's Apples?
Quick Questions takes on the matter of the adam's apple -- The fact is, everyone has one! Learn what it really is, what its purpose is, and why they might look ...
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Some of our favorite Quick Questions to answer are the ones where the premise of the question is flawed. Like, take this one: Why don’t women have adam’s apples? The answer is: I don’t … I can’t answer that, ‘cause women do have adam’s apples! Technically, the adam’s apple is known as the laryngeal prominence, and it’s actually just a big piece of cartilage that covers your larynx, or voice box. Everyone has one, because you need it to protect your larynx and everything you keep inside there to make yourself heard, particularly your vocal folds -- often mistakenly called vocal cords. This protection is important enough that there are actually nine different pieces of cartilage that work together to protect your larynx. The one that forms the laryngeal prominence is t...
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Some of our favorite Quick Questions to answer are the ones where the premise of the question is flawed. Like, take this one: Why don’t women have adam’s apples? The answer is: I don’t … I can’t answer that, ‘cause women do have adam’s apples! Technically, the adam’s apple is known as the laryngeal prominence, and it’s actually just a big piece of cartilage that covers your larynx, or voice box. Everyone has one, because you need it to protect your larynx and everything you keep inside there to make yourself heard, particularly your vocal folds -- often mistakenly called vocal cords. This protection is important enough that there are actually nine different pieces of cartilage that work together to protect your larynx. The one that forms the laryngeal prominence is t...
