Adam's apple in males.
2007-01-02 21:10:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The bump at the front of the throat of adults. It is called Adam's because it is more prominent in guys.
2007-01-06 13:58:11 · answer #1 · answered by I Drum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When kids hit puberty, their bodies and minds go through tons of changes. One change that every kid can count on is lots of body parts growing and changing shape. Almost every part gets in on the growing action, including the larynx (say: lar-inks).
Another name for the larynx is the voice box, and it's in the throat. The larynx is what gives you your voice, whether you're talking, laughing, whispering, singing, or screaming! You can find your larynx by touching the front of your throat and humming. When you feel vibrations under your fingers, you've found it!
When the larynx grows larger during puberty, it sticks out at the front of the throat. This is what's called an Adam's apple. Everyone's larynx grows during puberty, but a girl's larynx doesn't grow as much as a boy's does. That's why boys have Adam's apples. Most girls don't have Adam's apples, but some do. It's no big deal either way.
But why is it called an Adam's apple? If you think it's called that after the story of the Garden of Eden where Adam ate a piece of the forbidden fruit that got stuck in his throat, you're right. An Adam's apple sometimes looks like a small, rounded apple just under the skin in the front of the throat.
This larger larynx also gives boys deeper voices. Actually, girls' voices get a little bit deeper as their larynxes get larger, too. But because boys' larynxes grow so much more, it makes their voices deeper than girls' voices.
The larynx doesn't grow to its new size overnight, though. If you've ever heard a teenage boy's voice sound squeaky, you've heard a larynx trying to get adjusted to its new size!
2007-01-03 05:25:30 · answer #2 · answered by Kweng 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A song by Aerosmith,
Tha Apple Adam ate in the garden of edan and
the lump that you can sometimes see in a mans throut.
My 18 year olds apple in in lunch box when he does roofing in the summer.
2007-01-03 05:14:15 · answer #3 · answered by Mt ~^^~~^^~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam's apple is a bump in a male's throat !!!
2007-01-03 05:19:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Adam's apple is a protrusion of thyroid cartilage. It tends to enlarge in adolescence and is considered a secondary sex characteristic.
2007-01-03 23:11:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
is the apple that adam ate from the forbiden tree and eve gave it to adam thas why they call it the adams apple
2007-01-03 05:18:59 · answer #6 · answered by ❤נαcкiε❤ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The slight projection at the front of the throat formed by the largest cartilage of the larynx, usually more prominent in men than in women.
Courtesy of your Yahoo! dictionary (American Heritage).
2007-01-04 11:18:56 · answer #7 · answered by Zeera 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
adams apple is the ball like thing in any males throat... (i hope you didnt think otherwise!)
2007-01-03 05:14:34 · answer #8 · answered by luck fest 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The protrusion of the anterior larynx in the neck.
2007-01-03 09:11:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the Laryngeal protuberance, seen most commonly in males.
2007-01-03 11:21:43 · answer #10 · answered by anerasescovedo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋