larynx

IPA: ɫˈɛrɪŋks

(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.

Examples of "larynx" in Sentences

To produce spoken words requires a voice box, technically called the larynx.
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.