Do adult men and women have Adam's apples?
We are your personal mythbusters. Both males and females have it, but most people consider it a characteristic masculine feature. The thing is that a man has a bigger Adam's apple as its size increases considerably during man's teen ages. That is why it seems like adult women don't have it at all!
More Info:
en.wikipedia.org
What are your thoughts on this subject?
84 Comments
Kristen Richardson
Easy mistake. Too bad they didn't explain further.
"The structure of the laryngeal prominence forms a bump under the skin. It is larger in adult men, in whom it is usually clearly visible and palpable. In women, the bump is much less visible and is hardly perceived on the upper edge of the thyroid cartilage.
The meeting point of the two portions of the cartilage generally forms an acute angle (of about 90°) in men, while in women it forms an open arc (of about 120°).
Although both sexes have it, the Adam's apple is considered to be a characteristic feature of adult men, because its size tends to increase considerably during puberty.
Its development is considered a secondary sexual characteristic of males that appears as a result of hormonal activity. Its level of development varies among individuals and the widening of that area in the larynx can occur very suddenly and quickly.
The laryngeal prominence is more prominent in adult males than in females because of the difference in the size of the angle: 90° in males and 120° in females."
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Nov 10, 2015 4:20PM
Rowan MacBean
Wow, that's ignorant.
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Oct 30, 2015 10:54AM
Cameron Hausch
Since they were born
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Nov 11, 2015 3:52PM
eugene wilson
womens adams apple just aren't noticable.
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Nov 20, 2015 11:01PM
Curtis Lusk
Since always
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Nov 17, 2015 2:39PM
Bill Coe
I am not at all enamoured by the explanation given. (I also abhor yes/no questions but that's a topic for review questions, not ones that have somehow passed.) Anyway, IMHO, here is a much better explanation: Adam's apples are found on both women and men they just show up more prominently in men as a chunk of bony cartilage that's wrapped around the larynx. Also known as the laryngeal prominence, the Adam's apple sits right on top of the thyroid gland, so the area is fittingly called the thyroid cartilage.
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Nov 1, 2016 4:58PM
Susan Lake-Harris
Sorry - women and men have larynxes. The Adam's apple is a characteristic bump on a man's throat - so the question is very poorly asked and also not well answered.
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Jan 23, 2023 5:44AM
Richard Rubright
Then women would have Eve's apples, which are smaller.
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Jan 21, 2023 10:34PM
Chris Brown
When the larynx ("voice box") 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.
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Dec 23, 2022 8:01AM
Karin Johansson
acks, everyone
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Dec 17, 2022 7:08PM
Karin Johansson
David T Brooks DC, you are incorrect.
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Dec 17, 2022 7:07PM
Mike
Doesn't the term adam in Adam's Apple refer to the male gender?
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Dec 7, 2022 7:08PM
Andrew McFee
David T Brooks DC, after centuries you know better?
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Dec 4, 2022 9:27AM
james parrillo
eugene wilson, When I first read this question, that thought came to mind. Then, I looked at adult and answered negatively anyway. Thank you, Christine, James' wife
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Nov 30, 2022 11:47PM
Char
I was misinformed all my life I was told only men had them but do to explanations on here I see why they though that
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Nov 28, 2022 11:06PM
Plums
This seems to have caused a great deal of controversy...when you think about the problems people of the world have to face it's really not that important, is it?
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Oct 24, 2021 2:58PM
Michael Doherty
Interesting 56-44 split on the answer.
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Feb 5, 2021 3:56PM
Ilias Tsiabardas
Got it right
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Feb 2, 2020 7:21PM
Ilias Tsiabardas
Got it right
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Feb 2, 2020 7:20PM
Norma Cullerton
Just because you got it wrong...nah nah ne nah nah!
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Jan 15, 2020 10:38AM
Kathryn Cavanagh
Kristen Richardson, thank you for a sensible response and explanation. Have read through the other answers/responses,some of which left me wondering. Everybody has a larynx or voice box [common name for it when i was a child], so I wonder where some of these answers came from..!! Yours makes perfect sense. Thank you.
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Dec 24, 2019 6:03PM
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