Cuneiform cartilage is also known as wedge shaped cartilage. This cartilage is yellow in color and present on the either side. They are present in the front of the corniculate cartilage.
The rod shaped cartilage are present in pair and present on the mucous membrane folds. This cartilage connects the arytenoid cartilage to the epiglottis. This cartilage helps in the support of the vocal folds.
they compare fossils to other fossils to see if skeleton changes are observed in a species over time it indicates that there is genetic change going on within the species