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CARTILAGINOUS STRUCTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Body structure given shape by cartilage
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cartilaginous structure" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
Meronyms (substance of "cartilaginous structure"):
cartilage; gristle (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cartilaginous structure"):
epiglottis (a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing)
auricle; ear; pinna (the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear)
tragus (a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear)
larynx; voice box (a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech)
costal cartilage (the cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration)
