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Sunday 14 April 2013

Do women have an Adam’s apple?

Everyone has an Adam's apple, but men's are usually
easier to see. It's a bump on the neck that moves
when you swallow, named after the biblical Adam.
Supposedly, it's a chunk of the Garden of Eden's
forbidden fruit stuck in his descendants' throats, but
it's actually a bump on the biggest piece of cartilage
– thyroid cartilage – surrounding the voice box
(larynx). The thyroid cartilage is shield-shaped and
the Adam's apple is the bit at the front. Why do
men's stick out more? Partly because they have
bonier necks, but also their larynxes grow differently
from women's during puberty to accommodate their
longer, thicker vocal cords, which give them deeper
voices.

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