Adams Apples

[Tara999]

Why do men have these lumps in there throat called 'Adams Apples' why dont women have them and what is the purpose of them please ?

[4getmenot]

The Adam's apple is usually more prominent in adult men than in women or prepubescent girls or boys. Note that the growth of the larynx itself during puberty is responsible for the vocal instability in teenage boys, not the Adam's apple. The Adam's apple is merely the protrusion one sees of the thyroid cartilage making up the body of the larynx. Some suggest that the reason for the Adam's apple usually being more prominent in males is that the two laminae of the thyroid cartilage that form the protrusion meet at an angle of 90� in males but that angle is usually 120� in females. This theory, however, seems more like conjecture when in fact that with most women with large Adam's apples, they appear no different from those seen on men.

[Tara999]

Wow 4get, fantastic, informative answer.....why on earth wont they let us rate answers anymore - I wanted to give you 5 stars ! Thanks though, great answer.

[andy-hughes]

As young actors, Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood were 'let go' as contract players by a studio on the same day. Reynolds was ousted because his acting was seen as inadequate, and Eastwood because of his prominent Adam's apple.

As they left the studio together, Reynolds tells how he turned to Eastwood and said "I guessI can get some acting lessons Clint, don't know what you can do about your Adam's apple ...."

[4getmenot]

they do and the link had loads of other cr@p in it so I thought I'd be helpful and put just the bit they wanted. :-)

[Octavius]

andy, he could get a chondrolaryngoplasty, but I doubt it matters to him much these days.

[smudge]

I can't stand to look at men with prominent Adam's Apples!

Watching them going up & down when they're talking really makes me cringe! ;o}