2006-09-26 06:23:09 · 9 answers · asked by The brainteaser 5 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
i really think that your question is so funny, but i will answer you anyway,,,,, If ur Adams Apples was an Apple it truly think you would have choked by now,,, lol it could be worse again if it was call cox's apple
2006-09-26 06:32:06 · answer #1 · answered by chass_lee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam's apple: A familiar anatomic feature in the front of the neck that is due to the forward protrusion of the thyroid cartilage, the largest and most prominent cartilage of the larynx.
The thyroid cartilage tends to enlarge at adolescence, particularly in males. Enlargement of the Adam's apple is considered, like pubic hair growth, one of the secondary sexual characteristics.
Origin of the term: It is usually said that Adam's apple takes its name from the biblical story about Adam, Eve. the serpent and the apple. A piece of the forbidden fruit stuck in Adam's throat and created the anatomic Adam's apple. So the story goes. However, it may be wrong.
Adam's apple in Latin is "pomum Adami." This may have been a mistranslation of the Hebrew "tappuach ha adam" which also means male bump. Between Latin and English there's many a slip.
2006-09-26 13:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Adams apple IS SYMBOL OF BRAIN not an apple
2006-09-26 13:33:03 · answer #3 · answered by dr b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is a part of the human body.
2006-09-26 13:32:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz he was a dude who ate an apple when he shouldn't have and it got stuck in his throat..... Im talking rubbish....
2006-09-26 13:25:53 · answer #5 · answered by Legend 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Read Genesis in the bible
2006-09-26 15:09:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know?.. Have you ever seen one?
2006-09-26 17:44:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was til he swallowed the thing!
2006-09-26 13:24:45 · answer #8 · answered by The Banshee 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because some doctor said so........
2006-09-26 13:24:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋