What does a man with a big Adam's apple mean

When it comes to male characteristics, everyone always thinks of the Adam's apple. Some men have big Adam's apples, while others have less obvious ones. For adolescent males, the Adam's apple will become more and more prominent during the development process. Some people think that boys with big Adam's apples are more manly. In fact, part of the reason why boys have big Adam's apples is that the Adam's apple is determined by the amount of hormone secretion. Therefore, some women always think that men with big Adam's apples are more masculine.

The Adam's apple refers to the cartilaginous protrusion in the human throat. The development of the Adam's apple is related to age, gender, physique, and genetics. Excluding factors such as a large thyroid cartilage, enlarged thyroid gland, thyroglossal cyst, and other tumors, the Adam's apple will generally become prominent in male adults and is a secondary sexual characteristic. Due to individual differences, some may be larger and some may be smaller. If there is no discomfort, it should be normal and no treatment is needed. You can go to the hospital's surgery department for examination to rule out the above factors.

Adam's apple growth and development

The human throat is composed of 11 pieces of cartilage as a support, the most important and largest of which is called the thyroid cartilage. The laryngeal cartilage begins to develop when the fetus is 2 months old, and continues to grow every year until 5 to 6 years after birth. However, the growth of laryngeal cartilage basically stops from 5 to 6 years old to puberty. Therefore, the thyroid cartilage of boys and girls is the same. After entering puberty, the secretion of androgen increases, which causes Adam's apple to appear in men. Both men and women have Adam's apple.

Through investigating the personal life histories of these people, experts found that some of these men have been engaged in high-intensity sports training since before puberty, while others have a history of frequent masturbation when they just started to develop. Such situations account for a large proportion of the respondents. Some scholars believe that this may lead to a large consumption of androgens during puberty, which makes the thyroid cartilage fail to protrude forward fully, so that the Adam's apple is not so obvious from the outside. Although the protrusion is not sufficient, the anterior-posterior diameter of the larynx is still larger than before puberty, so the voice is still masculine. However, for some people, their Adam's apple is not so obvious because they have a thick neck, are obese, or their thyroid cartilage does not protrude forward as typically but expands equally in all directions.

Fortunately, after investigation and research, one thing was confirmed, that is, the prominence of the Adam's apple has no necessary connection with the development of the testicles and penis. Although some men do not have obvious Adam's apples, their testicles and penis are quite well developed.