It makes sense that men and women have different reproductive giblets. It makes sense about different bone density and muscles. But why do men have Adam’s apples?
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Adam’s apple is the thyroid cartilage located at the front of the larynx, which covers the vocal cords inside, develops with a sharper angle in men during puberty due to higher levels of testosterone. This results in men having a deeper voice and the thyroid cartilage becoming more noticeable from the outside. Women have a larynx and a thyroid cartilage too, it’s just wider so less noticeable from the outside. [Here’s a comparison image.](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjoopR6E_RkGuCUKL6rZRBApMT_bFZMjNUWBUlTCeovy-t2aBQI8Uc-jA&s=10)
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