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Larynx

The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.

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Laryngeal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps.

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Laryngeal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps.

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Adam's apple 70% connected

See under Adam.

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Arytenoid 70% connected

Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attach…

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Glottis 70% connected

The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

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