Why can't you touch a boy's Adam's apple?

In life, there is a saying that a boy's Adam's apple cannot be touched, and that touching it will cause an accident. In fact, this saying is unscientific. A boy's Adam's apple can be touched, but do not squeeze it. If the external force is too strong, it is very likely to cause difficulty or inability to breathe for men, and the consequence may be death. With such serious consequences, everyone should be careful in the future.

What is the cause of protruding Adam's apple?

The human throat is composed of 11 cartilages, of which the most important and largest is the thyroid cartilage. The laryngeal cartilage begins to develop when the fetus is two months old, and continues to grow every year until 5-6 years after birth, but the growth of the laryngeal cartilage basically stops from the age of five or six to the puberty period. The thyroid cartilage is the same size in children, regardless of gender. After entering puberty, male androgen secretion increases, the upper end of the front angle of the thyroid cartilage plates on both sides rapidly increases, and protrudes forward to form the Adam's apple, and the laryngeal cavity also increases significantly, almost 6 times that of a newborn, which makes the boy's original crisp child voice become a deep and strong adult voice.

Genetic factors The growth and development characteristics of the parents, such as height, weight, facial features, and of course the size of the Adam's apple, will be passed on to the next generation. If the father's Adam's apple is particularly prominent, then the daughter's Adam's apple may also be more prominent than the average person.

Endocrine disorders: The dominant sex hormone in women is estrogen, and the content of androgen is very low. However, if endocrine disorders are caused by diseases in the body, such as pituitary tumors and ovarian dysfunction, the content of androgen in the body will increase or increase relatively, and then masculine manifestations such as protruding Adam's apple, hoarse voice and excessive hair will appear.

Why do boys' Adam's apples not become more obvious?

Some scholars have conducted clinical research on this issue and found that some adult men with unclear Adam's apples are very strong track and field athletes, gymnasts, etc. They have well-developed muscles and normal male sexual characteristics.

Experts have found through investigations on the personal life histories of these men that some of these men have been engaged in heavy physical training since before puberty, and some have a history of frequent masturbation since they just started to develop. Such cases account for a large proportion of the respondents. Some scholars believe that this may have led to a large consumption of androgens during puberty, which has caused the thyroid cartilage to fail to fully protrude forward, so that the Adam's apple is not so obvious from the outside. Although the protrusion is not sufficient, the front-to-back diameter of the larynx is still larger than before puberty, so the voice is still masculine. However, some people have thicker necks, obesity, or the thyroid cartilage does not protrude forward in a typical way but expands equally in all directions, so the Adam's apple does not look so obvious.

Fortunately, after investigation and research, it was confirmed that the prominence of the Adam's apple is not necessarily related to the development of the testicles and penis. Although some men do not have a prominent Adam's apple, their testicles and penis are well developed.