Your thyroid gland is a small, butterfly-shaped endocrine gland located at the front of your neck, just below the Adam's apple (larynx) and around the windpipe (trachea). It consists of two lobes connected by a thin strip of tissue called the isthmus
. It lies against and around the front of the larynx and trachea, with the isthmus spanning roughly the second to third rings of the trachea. The gland is typically about 2 inches (5 cm) long and is not usually visible or palpable when healthy
. In summary, your thyroid is positioned in the lower front part of your neck, just below the voice box, straddling the windpipe in a butterfly shape
