A term used to identify the voice box, which contains the vocal cords and structures which help produce sound This structure also separates the airway from the breathing tube while swallowing by closing Voice or other sounds are produced when the vocal cords meet in the middle
(Also called the voice box ) - a cylindrical grouping of cartilage, muscles, and soft tissue which contains the vocal cords The vocal cords are the upper opening into the windpipe (trachea), the passageway to the lungs lymph - part of the lymphatic system; a thin, clear fluid that circulates through the lymphatic vessels and carries blood cells that fight infection and disease
Part of the airway leading from the pharynx (throat) to the trachea The larynx, lined with mucus membrane and composed of rings of cartilage, forms the bottom portion of the front wall of the throat, sometimes called the voice box
also known as the voice box, the larynx is a cylindrical grouping of cartilage, muscles, and soft tissue which contains the vocal cords The vocal cords are the upper opening into the windpipe (trachea), the passageway to the lungs
An irregularly shaped, musculocartilaginous tubular structure lined with mucous membrane, located at the top of the trachea and below the root of the tongue and the hyoid bone It is the essential sphincter guarding the entrance into the trachea and functioning secondarily as the organ of voice
The structure at the top of the trachea used in breathing, swallowing, and talking It is made of cartilage and is lined by a mucous membrane similar to the lining of the mouth Also called the voice box
An organ of the neck of mammals involved in breath control, protection of the trachea and sound production, housing the vocal cords, and that is situated at the point where the upper tract splits into the trachea and the oesophagus/esophagus
Your larynx is the top part of the passage that leads from your throat to your lungs and contains your vocal cords. = voice box. larynges larynxes the part in your throat where your voice is produced. or voice box Hollow, tubular structure connecting the pharynx with the trachea, through which air passes on the way to the lungs. The larynx consists of a framework of cartilage plates, with a ridge in front (Adam's apple); the epiglottis, a flaplike projection up into the throat that covers the airway during swallowing to keep food and liquid from entering; and the vocal cords, whose vibration produces the sound of the voice (see speech)