in Anatomy, a cartilage of the larynx, called also the annular cartilage. It occupies the lowest part by way of base to the rest of the cartilages, and to the lower part of it the alpera arteria adheres. See Anatomy, Table of the Muscles.

CRICOTHYROIDÆUS, CRICOTHYROIDÆUS, in Anatomy, one of the five proper muscles of the larynx. See Anatomy, Table of the Muscles.