{ "model": { "rank": 3744, "code": "thing-q352045", "model_id": "vr.tr.laryngeal-prominence", "name": "laryngeal prominence", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to identify the laryngeal prominence, describe its anatomical and observable variation, and distinguish supported observations from interpretations requiring clinical assessment.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.OBJ", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q352045/", "tier": 2, "score": 82, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [], "aliasCount": 0, "merged": 0, "knownIn": 82, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q352045", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352045", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T15:02:52Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 18.2, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.3\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a07c63-cca0-7ee3-be31-b5cf4ef44da8\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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larynx.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the laryngeal prominence as the anterior projection of the thyroid cartilage, including its anatomical identity, external presentation, development, and documented changes in an individual.", "in_scope": [ "The projection formed where the two thyroid cartilage laminae meet anteriorly", "Its position within the laryngeal framework and relationship to surface neck landmarks", "Individual variation in contour, visibility, and palpability", "Developmental and documented acquired changes in prominence", "Observation methods and uncertainty in identifying or measuring the feature" ], "out_of_scope": [ "The complete anatomy and physiology of the larynx", "The thyroid gland and thyroid gland disorders", "Voice production, vocal fold function, and voice disorders as independent subjects", "Diagnosis and treatment of neck masses or laryngeal injuries", "Surgical techniques for altering thyroid cartilage", "Determination of sex, gender identity, or hormonal status from appearance" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "The feature belongs to the thyroid cartilage; proximity to the thyroid gland does not make it glandular tissue.", "Its defining location is the anterior meeting of the thyroid cartilage laminae, rather than a separate bone or soft-tissue lump.", "It is a local projection of the laryngeal framework, not the entire larynx or the entire thyroid cartilage.", "The hyoid bone lies superior to it and the cricoid cartilage inferior to it; neither is the laryngeal prominence.", "A visible anterior neck contour alone does not establish identification; the contour must correspond to the underlying thyroid cartilage landmark." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Anatomical identification", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unassessed | suspected | supported by examination | supported by imaging | indeterminate", "why_it_matters": "Separates an observed neck contour from an identified cartilage landmark." }, { "name": "Parent 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explicit." }, { "name": "Anterior laminar angle", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "degrees, with imaging plane and landmark definition specified", "why_it_matters": "Characterizes the geometry underlying the prominence without treating a surface photograph as a cartilage measurement." }, { "name": "Observed contour", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "angular | rounded | other described contour | indeterminate", "why_it_matters": "Records shape separately from size and visibility." }, { "name": "Change relative to prior observation", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "no documented change | increased apparent prominence | decreased apparent prominence | altered contour | unknown", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes longitudinal evidence from assumptions based on a single observation." }, { "name": "Documented alteration history", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "linked developmental observations, injury records, or procedure records; unknown when unavailable", "why_it_matters": "Connects changes to recorded context without inferring their cause from appearance." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify and annotate the prominence on an examination record or suitable image while recording confidence.", "Relate the landmark to the thyroid cartilage, hyoid bone, cricoid cartilage, and overlying neck surface.", "Describe visibility and contour under specified observation conditions.", "Compare measurements across observations when methods and reference geometry are compatible.", "Link documented developmental or acquired changes to the relevant history.", "Route reports of unexplained change or associated symptoms to a clinical assessment workflow without assigning a diagnosis." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "anatomical-identity", "name": "Anatomical identity", "description": "Defines which cartilage feature the registry entry represents and how it is distinguished from neighbouring neck structures.", "rationale": "The common surface label can be confused with the whole larynx, the thyroid gland, or an unrelated neck lump.", "layers": [ { "id": "cartilage-feature", "name": "Cartilage feature", "description": "Locates the prominence within its parent anatomical structure.", "findings": [ { "id": "anterior-thyroid-cartilage-projection", "name": "Anterior thyroid cartilage projection", "description": "The model represents the projection at the anterior meeting of the thyroid cartilage laminae rather than an independent organ.", "questions": [ { "text": "What anatomical description establishes the boundary of the prominence within the thyroid cartilage?", "kind": "definition", "id": "anterior-thyroid-cartilage-projection-q01" }, { "text": "Does the record describe this projection, the whole thyroid cartilage, or the larynx as a whole?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "anterior-thyroid-cartilage-projection-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "neighbouring-landmarks", "name": "Neighbouring landmarks", "description": "Separates the prominence from adjacent skeletal, cartilaginous, and soft-tissue structures.", "findings": [ { "id": "landmark-differentiation", "name": "Landmark differentiation", "description": "Identification should establish correspondence with the thyroid cartilage rather than rely solely on a visible anterior neck bulge.", "questions": [ { "text": "What observation distinguishes the candidate landmark from the hyoid bone, cricoid cartilage, or a soft-tissue mass?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "landmark-differentiation-q01" }, { "text": "Which examination or imaging record supports the anatomical identification?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "landmark-differentiation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "contour-and-observation", "name": "Contour and observation", "description": "Captures cartilage geometry and surface presentation as related but distinct observations.", "rationale": "Apparent prominence cannot be interpreted as cartilage size without accounting for how the feature was observed.", "layers": [ { "id": "underlying-geometry", "name": "Underlying geometry", "description": "Describes projection and laminar geometry using explicit anatomical references.", "findings": [ { "id": "defined-geometric-measurements", "name": "Defined geometric measurements", "description": "Projection and angle measurements require a stated plane, reference landmarks, and acquisition method before comparison.", "questions": [ { "text": "Relative to which reference plane or landmarks is anterior projection measured?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "defined-geometric-measurements-q01" }, { "text": "How were the laminar angle, image plane, and measurement uncertainty determined?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "defined-geometric-measurements-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "surface-presentation", "name": "Surface presentation", "description": "Records visibility, palpability, and the conditions affecting external observation.", "findings": [ { "id": "appearance-with-observation-context", "name": "Appearance with observation context", "description": "Surface records should distinguish the apparent neck contour from directly assessed cartilage geometry and retain relevant viewing conditions.", "questions": [ { "text": "How visible or palpable is the landmark, and what method established that observation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "appearance-with-observation-context-q01" }, { "text": "What neck posture, viewing angle, lighting, and overlying-tissue context accompanied the observation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "appearance-with-observation-context-q02" }, { "text": "Can this observation be compared with a prior one without mistaking changed acquisition conditions for anatomical change?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "appearance-with-observation-context-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "development-and-individual-variation", "name": "Development and individual variation", "description": "Organizes evidence about development and differences among individuals without treating appearance as a demographic classifier.", "rationale": "The prominence is strongly associated with developmental and sex-related descriptions, which require careful separation of population evidence from individual inference.", "layers": [ { "id": "developmental-course", "name": "Developmental course", "description": "Tracks observations across growth and maturation.", "findings": [ { "id": "documented-developmental-change", "name": "Documented developmental change", "description": "Developmental interpretation should link dated observations to documented growth or maturation context rather than infer a trajectory from one image.", "questions": [ { "text": "What dated observations show a change in the individual's laryngeal prominence?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "documented-developmental-change-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports attributing that change to development rather than observation conditions or an acquired alteration?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "documented-developmental-change-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "variation-and-inference", "name": "Variation and inference", "description": "Controls how reference populations and individual characteristics are interpreted.", "findings": [ { "id": "population-context-with-inference-limits", "name": "Population context with inference limits", "description": "Any reference range or group comparison must retain its population and method; appearance alone does not establish an individual's sex, gender identity, or hormonal status.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which population, age range, and measurement method support a proposed reference range?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "population-context-with-inference-limits-q01" }, { "text": "Does the interpretation describe an observed anatomical feature or make an unsupported inference about the individual?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "population-context-with-inference-limits-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "acquired-change-and-assessment", "name": "Acquired change and assessment", "description": "Connects altered appearance to documented events and separates landmark description from clinical diagnosis.", "rationale": "Changes near the prominence may involve cartilage, overlying tissues, or adjacent structures and cannot be assigned a cause from contour alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "alteration-history", "name": "Alteration history", "description": "Records known procedures, injuries, and other relevant events affecting interpretation.", "findings": [ { "id": "traceable-alteration-record", "name": "Traceable alteration record", "description": "A reported alteration should link to its evidence and distinguish documented effects on thyroid cartilage from changes in surrounding tissues.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is there a documented injury or procedure involving the anterior thyroid cartilage, and when did it occur?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "traceable-alteration-record-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed changes concern the prominence itself, and which concern the overlying skin or neighbouring tissues?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "traceable-alteration-record-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "clinical-assessment-boundary", "name": "Clinical assessment boundary", "description": "Handles uncertainty and associated complaints without turning the landmark model into a diagnostic model.", "findings": [ { "id": "unexplained-change-and-linked-symptoms", "name": "Unexplained change and linked symptoms", "description": "Reports of altered contour, tenderness, or associated voice, swallowing, or breathing complaints should remain attributed observations linked to an appropriate assessment record.", "questions": [ { "text": "What change or associated complaint was reported, by whom, and with what timing?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "unexplained-change-and-linked-symptoms-q01" }, { "text": "What clinical assessment is recorded or required to establish which anatomical structure is involved?", "kind": "action", "id": "unexplained-change-and-linked-symptoms-q02" }, { "text": "Which conclusions remain outside this landmark model because they require diagnosis of a laryngeal or neck condition?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "unexplained-change-and-linked-symptoms-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "The prominence is generally more conspicuous after male puberty, but individual variation is substantial; its visibility does not reliably establish sex or gender.", "There is no single typical size asserted here: measurements require a defined landmark, method and reference population.", "This account is based on recall; the anatomical nomenclature and clinical details have not been checked against sources for this response." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of laryngeal prominence this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Terminologia Anatomica", "value_or_pattern": "prominentia laryngea", "note": "Latin anatomical name; no numerical identifier is asserted." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of laryngeal prominence this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "An external landmark for locating the thyroid cartilage during neck examination.", "An anatomical reference when locating the cricothyroid membrane.", "The contour targeted by thyroid chondroplasty, a procedure intended to reduce its prominence." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of laryngeal prominence this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Trauma to the 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"material-and-composition", "name": "Material and composition", "description": "Materials, parts and how they are put together.", "findings": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials", "name": "Parts and materials", "description": "What a laryngeal prominence is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a laryngeal prominence, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "parts-and-materials-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the composition of a laryngeal prominence, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "parts-and-materials-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the composition of a laryngeal prominence is known, and what 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time" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the condition of a laryngeal prominence is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "place-and-movement", "name": "Place and movement", "description": "Where a laryngeal prominence is, how it got there and where it may go (varies).", "rationale": "A thing that can move needs its position recorded with a time, or every later claim about it is about a place it has left.", "layers": [ { "id": "location-and-placement", "name": "Location and placement", "description": "Position, containment and the reference frame the position is given in.", "findings": [ { "id": "position-and-frame", "name": "Position, container and reference frame", "description": "Where a laryngeal prominence is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a laryngeal prominence, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the location of a laryngeal prominence, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the location of a laryngeal prominence is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "movement-and-transfer", "name": "Movement and transfer", "description": "How a laryngeal prominence is carried, installed or relocated.", "findings": [ { "id": "movement-events", "name": "Movement events and constraints", "description": "What counts as a movement, what records it and what limits it.", "questions": [ { "id": "movement-events-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the movement of a laryngeal prominence, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "movement-events-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the movement of a laryngeal prominence, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "movement-events-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the movement of a laryngeal prominence is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "state-and-lifecycle", "name": "State and lifecycle", "description": "The states a laryngeal 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"answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the lifecycle of a laryngeal prominence is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "observations-and-status", "name": "Observations and current status", "description": "What is observed about a laryngeal prominence, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a laryngeal prominence is recorded so that it can be superseded rather than overwritten.", "questions": [ { "id": "observation-record-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes an observation of a laryngeal prominence, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "observation-record-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about an observation of a laryngeal prominence, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "observation-record-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an observation of a laryngeal prominence is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What laryngeal prominence is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does laryngeal prominence perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise laryngeal prominence, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How laryngeal prominence is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does laryngeal prominence have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does laryngeal prominence need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about laryngeal prominence is about the kind, a product line, or one physical unit.", "rationale": "This is the boundary most often got wrong for made things, and 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certifies, and what the mark means.", "questions": [ { "id": "conformity-q01", "text": "Which standards govern laryngeal prominence, issued by whom, and what does conformity actually assert?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "conformity-q02", "text": "What may an agent conclude from a certification mark, and what may it not?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a laryngeal prominence came from and when it held.", "rationale": "A claim without a source and a time cannot be superseded, only overwritten, and an agent that overwrites loses the ability to explain itself.", "layers": [ { "id": "source-and-authority", "name": "Source and authority", "description": "Who said it, on what evidence, and how strongly.", "findings": [ { "id": "claim-provenance", "name": "Claim provenance and confidence", "description": "The authority behind each claim about a laryngeal prominence and 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"id": "validity-and-supersession", "name": "Validity period and supersession", "description": "How an old claim about a laryngeal prominence is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a laryngeal prominence, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the validity of a claim about a laryngeal prominence, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the validity of a claim about a laryngeal prominence is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, "layers": 17, "findings": 19, "questions": 51 } } } }