larynx
IPA: ɫˈɛrɪŋks
noun
- (anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.
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Examples of "larynx" in Sentences
- He was dying of tuberculosis of the larynx.
- It comprises the larynx and the vocal tract.
- The nasal passage join to the larynx via the pharynx.
- Generally, the larger the larynx is, the lower the voice.
- His descriptions of the larynx and epiglottis are very rudimentary.
- Guttural consonants, consonant sounds that are formed in the larynx.
- It also results in anaesthesia of the larynx, pharynx and soft palate.
- Laughter is anatomically caused by the epiglottis constricting the larynx.
- To produce spoken words requires a voice box, technically called the larynx.
- The incidence of cancers of the esophagus and larynx increase by 0.7 per 1000.
- The unpaired cartilages of the larynx are the thyroid, cricoid and epiglottis.
- Also the invasion of the larynx, which is happily of rare occurrence, is commonly fatal.
- I brought Folligno to the cottage, and released the perfect larynx from the mortal flesh.
- On the other hand, the windpipe and the so-called larynx are constructed out of a cartilaginous substance.
- The larynx is the organ where our voice originates, and acting as a passageway for air, connects the pharynx and the trachea.
- The continuation of the larynx is the trachea, a tube about three-fourths of an inch in diameter, and about four inches long.
- On its downward journey, the nerve at this point it is bundled in with the larger vagus nerve passes within inches of the larynx, which is its final destination.
- He had suffered for some years, though he did not know it, from an aneurism of the aorta, and the bursting of the aneurism into the larynx was the cause of death.
- If it be from paralysis of the larynx, treat with B D current, rather strong force; placing P. P., _long cord_, on back of neck or in the mouth, and work with N.P. over the _larynx_, and somewhat over the air tube of the neck generally.