corniculate cartilage

corniculate cartilage
cor·nic·u·late cartilage kȯr-.nik-yə-lət- n either of two small nodules of yellow elastic cartilage articulating with the apex of the arytenoid called also cartilage of Santorini

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cartilago corniculata.

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