A thick midline ridge in the thyroid cartilage that is sometimes referred to as the Adam's apple is technically named the

A) Adam's apple.
B) epiglottis.
C) laryngeal prominence.
D) glottis.
E) cricoid extension


C) laryngeal prominence.

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