larynx
Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
Zoology.
a similar vocal organ in other mammals.
a corresponding structure in certain lower animals.
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Origin of larynx
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How to use larynx in a sentence
She and her collaborators manipulated the cartilage of the larynx, or voicebox, to see how it might move during swallowing.
Baleen whales have an ‘oral plug’ to help them guzzle down food without choking | Kate Baggaley | January 24, 2022 | Popular-ScienceThe students, now on their feet, tested the limits of their larynxes.
Howard sees its basketball fantasy come to life slowly in showcase game against Notre Dame | Candace Buckner | January 18, 2022 | Washington PostThe key to this superpower is the position of a baby’s larynx, the muscular organ that serves as the airway to the lungs and holds our vocal cords.
But, in the process of developing an adult vocal cord and larynx, we lose the expert chugging ability that newborns have.
Somewhere between three and six months, the larynx descends to a lower position, allowing for the possibility of speech.
So the most direct route from the brain to the larynx was now not south of that artery.
The bullet tore through my voice box and larynx before lodging itself in my trapezius.
15 Rounds and Still Talking: Lt. Brian Murphy’s Story of the Oak Creek Massacre | Simran Jeet Singh | August 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShowing diplomatic grace after the incident, she joked: “I broke my elbow, not my larynx.”
Power Tripping: King Juan Carlos I & More (Photos) | The Daily Beast | August 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen the quantity is very small there may be no cough, the sputum reaching the larynx by action of the bronchial cilia.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddTake the scalpel and sever the spinal column without cutting the larynx.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasIllustrations of the appearance of the larynx during phonation in two special cases.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking | Wesley MillsIn the lower illustration we have the appearances presented in a man affected with tuberculosis of the lungs and larynx.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking | Wesley MillsSuch are the appearances presented under the microscope by skeletal or striped muscles such as those of the larynx.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking | Wesley Mills
British Dictionary definitions for larynx
/ (ˈlærɪŋks) /
a cartilaginous and muscular hollow organ forming part of the air passage to the lungs: in higher vertebrates it contains the vocal cords
Origin of larynx
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Scientific definitions for larynx
[ lăr′ĭngks ]
The upper part of the trachea in most vertebrate animals, containing the vocal cords. The walls of the larynx are made of cartilage. Sound is produced by air passing through the larynx on the way to the lungs, causing the walls of the larynx to vibrate. The pitch of the sound that is produced can be altered by the pull of muscles, which changes the tension of the vocal cords. Also called voice box
Other words from larynx
- laryngeal adjective
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Cultural definitions for larynx
[ (lar-ingks) ]
The specialized upper portion of the trachea that contains the vocal cords; the voice box.
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