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LAR'YNX, n. [Gr.] In anatomy, the upper part of the windpipe or trachea, a cartilaginous cavity, which modulates the voice in speaking and singing.
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.
* In the framework of the human larynx, the thyroid cartilage, attached to the hyoid bone, makes the protuberance on the front of the neck known as Adam's apple, and is articulated below to the ringlike cricoid cartilage. This is narrow in front and high behind, where, within the thyroid, it is surmounted by the two arytenoid cartilages, from which the vocal cords pass forward to be attached together to the front of the thyroid. See Syrinx. | ||||||||