What is another word for larynx?

Pronunciation: [lˈaɹɪŋks] (IPA)

The larynx, also known as the voice box, is a crucial part of the human body responsible for speech and breathing. There are several synonyms for the term "larynx," including pharynx, glottis, vocal apparatus, and voice organ. The pharynx is the part of the throat that connects the nose and mouth to the esophagus and larynx. The glottis is the opening between the vocal cords in the larynx, and the vocal apparatus refers to the entire system that produces sound in the throat and mouth. The voice organ is a broader term that encompasses all of the structures in the body used for producing speech. Regardless of which term is used, the larynx plays a critical role in human communication and is a complex and important part of the body.

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    • Noun, singular or mass
      throat.

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Usage examples for Larynx

He was aware of a moisture in his eyes and a lump in his throat while he meditated thus; and then suddenly his eyes grew hot and dry again, and his larynx opened.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
The windpipe between the larynx and the bronchi.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
The valve-like cover that prevents food and drink from entering the larynx.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson

Famous quotes with Larynx

  • Remember that the pharynx is at a crossroads from which leads off, at the top, the passage to the mouth cavity and the passage to the nasal cavity, and below, the passage to the larynx.
    Roman Jakobson
  • Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her.
    John Millington Synge
  • Lord, confound this surly sister, Blight her brow with blotch and blister, Cramp her larynx, lung and liver, In her guts a galling give her.
    John Millington Synge
  • When one watches some tired hack on the platform mechanically repeating the familiar phrases -- -- one often has a curious feeling that one is not watching a live human being but some kind of dummy: a feeling which suddenly becomes stronger at moments when the light catches the speaker's spectacles and turns them into blank discs which seem to have no eyes behind them. And this is not altogether fanciful. A speaker who uses that kind of phraseology has gone some distance toward turning himself into a machine. The appropriate noises are coming out of his larynx, but his brain is not involved, as it would be if he were choosing his words for himself. If the speech he is making is one that he is accustomed to make over and over again, he may be almost unconscious of what he is saying, as one is when one utters the responses in church. And this reduced state of consciousness, if not indispensable, is at any rate favourable to political conformity.
    George Orwell

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