Why do men have Adam's Apples?
Question
Why do men have Adam's Apples?
Tim, Sutton
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Name: Glen, Camberley
Qualification: Doctor
Answer: Everyone, both men and women, have Adam's Apples. At puberty, everyone's voices deepen, although boys to a far greater extent. The Adam's Apple we see is the convergence of the two thyroid cartlidges that come together in the commonensia dirensia - the laryngeal prominencia. The larynx holds the vocal folds and boys voices deepen because the cartlidges and the muscles that surround the larynx lengthen and strengthen at faster rates than girls and as a result, pushes out the two thyroid cartilidges that come together.