my friend and i were talking about it. and the question arose.
2007-03-13 12:29:12 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
The human larynx rests in a frame of cartilage bound by ligaments and muscles. At the front is the thyroid cartilage, creating the lump at the front of the neck, known as the laryngeal prominence or more commonly as the Adam's apple.
Regarding the etymology of the term "Adam's apple", Webster's 1913 dictionary states that the term "… is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit, (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent [i.e. Adam in the Book of Genesis]" .
2007-03-16 03:43:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cartilage near the larynx on the neck. The lump you see mostly on men's throats. Despite what everyone thinks, women DO have Adam's apples, they are just generally not as prominent as mens.
2007-03-13 19:39:04 · answer #2 · answered by melissa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That bump in guys throat. They call it an "adam's apple" because you know adam and eve well adam had a bump in his throat that looked liked an apple in ones throat.
It is actually their voice box located under their chin and on their neck. it becomes larger as the voice box grows. This is why they have such a deep voice because of the "adams apple" or voice box.
2007-03-13 19:33:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Touch your neck/throat. Feel like bumpy thing? You just found an Adam`s Apple! CONGRATS! =)
(Boys have bigger adams apples than girls so thats why they can sing and talk lower, FYI. LOL)
2007-03-13 19:36:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your voice box, that big lump under your chin in your throat. Everyone has one, even women. Why it is called Adam's Apple, who knows? Trust me on this one!
2007-03-13 19:32:53 · answer #5 · answered by MMM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Medically, it's a lump of cartilage in the neck. It's caused by the larynx, or voice box, getting bigger, thus becoming more prominent.
In other terms, on some guys, it can be awkward.
But the deep voice is sexy.
2007-03-13 19:33:24 · answer #6 · answered by airdrago1 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is something a guy has on his neck. and sometimes on a women
here is a pic....
http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/images_51316/1096662954597.adams_apple.jpg
here is the definition: a projection of the thyroid cartilage at the front of the neck that is more prominent in men than in women.
2007-03-13 19:45:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lump in a guys neck
2007-03-13 19:33:17 · answer #8 · answered by Zachary R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is the ball like thing in all man's neck only men have it
2007-03-13 19:32:01 · answer #9 · answered by lizeth 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A small bone on a man's neck.
2007-03-13 19:31:55 · answer #10 · answered by mocha 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋