Is it good for a man to not have an Adam's apple?

After men enter puberty, a long Adam's apple is a typical secondary sexual characteristic. The Adam's apple of men is generally very obvious, but some men's Adam's apple is not very obvious. Because it is different from the normal situation, many men with inconspicuous Adam's apples are very worried that there is something wrong with them. So, is it good for men to not have an Adam's apple? Let's take a look below.

In fact, it is normal for men to not have an Adam's apple. It may be due to genetics, so the Adam's apple is not obvious, or it may be caused by endocrine disorders in the body. The function of the Adam's apple is that boys have an Adam's apple during puberty, and the Adam's apple makes the voice thicker and highlights a male developmental characteristic. As for the difference in the size of the Adam's apple between men and women, it is caused by different endocrine hormone levels.

What is the Adam's apple?

Adam's apple is one of the male sexual characteristics. After puberty, men will generally have their Adam's apple protruding forward to varying degrees due to the effect of androgens. The human larynx is composed of 11 cartilages as a support, and the most important and largest one is called the thyroid cartilage. The laryngeal cartilage begins to develop when the fetus is 2 months old, and it continues to grow every year until 5 to 6 years after birth, but the growth of the 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, due to the increase in androgen secretion, the Adam's apple appears in boys.

Reasons for men's Adam's apple not being obvious

Why do some men have a masculine voice but an inconspicuous Adam's apple? Some scholars have conducted clinical research on this and found that some adult men with inconspicuous Adam's apples are very strong track and field athletes, gymnasts, etc. They have well-developed muscles and normal male sexual characteristics. Among these men with inconspicuous Adam's apples, the vast majority are married, have normal childbearing, and have no other abnormalities. Endocrine examinations also show no abnormalities.

Experts have found through investigations into the personal life histories of these men that some of these men have been engaged in high-intensity physical training since before puberty. Some have a history of frequent masturbation since they first began to develop, and 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 anterior-posterior diameter of the larynx is still larger than before puberty, so the voice is still masculine. However, some people have thicker necks, are obese, or the thyroid cartilage does not protrude forward in the typical way but expands equally in all directions, so the Adam's apple does not look so obvious.