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definition

An organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus (or esophagus). It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

synonyms

• voice box

In other words, making noise through your larynx isn't something you have to learn to do.

The nurse thought his larynx might still be irritated from the endotracheal or feeding tube.

The syrinx or lower larynx is the most interesting and absolutely avine modification, although absent as a voice-producing organ (probably due to retrogression) in most Ratitae, storks, turkey buzzards (Cathartes) and Steganopodes.

Of such we may cite tuberculosis of the larynx, formerly as incurable as distressing; and "adenoids" - a disease revealed by intrascopic methods - which used grievously to thwart and stifle the growth both of mind and body in children, are now promptly removed, to the infinite advantage of the rising generation.

Then profuse salivation, paralysis of the tongue and larynx, and inability to speak.

By the laryngoscope, invented about 1850 by Manuel Garcia the celebrated singingmaster, and perfected by Johann Czermak (1828-1873) and others, the diseases of the larynx also have been brought into the general light which has been shed on all fields of disease; and many of them, previously known more or less empirically, submitted to precise definition and cure.

Various surgical techniques can be used to keep the larynx open to improve breathing.

I think the tube must have injured my larynx.

It arose from the fact that as early as May 1887 the German physicians recognized the presence of cancer in the throat, but Sir Morell Mackenzie, the English specialist who was also consulted, disputed the correctness of this diagnosis, and advised that the operation for removal of the larynx, which they had recommended, should not be undertaken.

However, the male larynx increases far more in size than the female larynx, giving men their big booming voices.

The sound is produced in the larynx or voice box.

The sternum has no keel, and ossifies from lateral and paired centres only; the axes of the scapula and cora.coid have the same general direction; certain of the cranial bones have characters very unlike those possessed by the next order - the vomer, for example, being broad posteriorly and generally intervening between the basisphenoidal rostrum and the palatals and pterygoids; the barbs of the feathers are disconnected; there is no syrinx or inferior larynx; and the diaphragm is better developed than in other birds.'

The effects of the ingestion of large quantities may be so rapid that death may take place in a couple of hours, owing to collapse, consequent on perforation of the walls of the oesophagus or stomach, or from asphyxia due to swelling of the glottis consequent on some of the acid having entered the larynx.

The research team includes an acoustician who is hoping to study any remains of Farinelli's vocal chords and larynx.

It was not possible to see the larynx with the fibreoptic bronchoscope.

The larynx is raised, closing the glottis, which is then covered by the epiglottis, preventing food entering the trachea.

Future prospects After an operation to remove the larynx, normal speech is no longer possible because the vocal cords have been removed.

It was said that she had an adult larynx.

The nerves pass beneath Berry's ligament (a thickened area of fascia next to the trachea) and enter the larynx.

In a severely paralyzed larynx, the airway actually gets smaller rather than bigger during strenuous exercise as the paralyzed side collapses inwards.

Postoperative edema and bleeding can make it difficult to visualize the larynx.

If a laryngectomee is unable to use a neck placed artificial larynx an oral adaptor can be used.

We report one case of KS of the supraglottic larynx, and intralesional injections were performed.

One such contingency was the particular location of the human larynx.

Within the larynx, the glottis (the area containing the vocal cords) is most frequently affected.

Firstly, then, it was a grace (charisma) of the spirit, yet not of the holy or pure spirit only, but of evil spirits also who on occasions had been known to take possession of the larynx of a saint and exclaim, "Jesus is Anathema."

At the same time Muller showed himself, his power of discrimination notwithstanding, to fall behind Nitzsch in one very crucial point, for he refused to the latter's Picariae the rank that had been claimed for them, and imagined that the groups associated under that name formed but a third " tribe" - Picarii - of a great order Insessores, the others being (1) the Oscines or Polymyodi - the singing birds by emphasis, whose inferior larynx was endowed with the full number of five pairs of song-muscles, and (2) the Tracheophones, composed of some South-American families.

In this stage of existence the elongated upper part of the larynx projects into the posterior nares, and so maintains a free communication between the lungs and the external surface, independently of the mouth and gullet, thus averting danger of suffocation while the milk is passing down the gullet.

Assessment There was spasm in the suspensory muscles of the larynx.

What has been shown from electromyograms is that the sound seems to occur when a cat twitches its larynx muscles.

The action of the muscles within the larynx, the diaphragm and the intercostal muscles creates air movement and pressure within the trachea during inhaling and exhaling.

You may already know that smoking causes lung cancer, but did you realize it increases your risk for cancer of the mouth, larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, and stomach?

In both sexes, smoking is linked to cancers of the lung, bladder, pancreas, kidney, larynx, pharynx, and esophagus.

Throat cancer can destroy a person's larynx (voice box) so that they can not speak at all without a special machine.

Together cigarettes and chewing tobacco are responsible for more cancers of the larynx, oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, and bladder than any other agents.

Smoking is also the leading cause of bladder cancer and has been shown to contribute to cancers of the upper respiratory tract, esophagus, larynx, kidney, pancreas, stomach, and possibly breast as well.

Cartilage-A tough, elastic connective tissue found in the joints, outer ear, nose, larynx, and other parts of the body.

It is an inflammation of the larynx and the trachea.

Croup is a broad term describing a group of illnesses that affect the larynx, trachea, and bronchi.

Croup affects the vocal cords and the area just below, the voice box, or larynx, and the windpipe, or trachea.

It is also sometimes called laryngotracheitis, a medical term describing the inflammation of the trachea and larynx.

The characteristic symptoms of croup can be better understood by knowing the anatomic makeup of a child's larynx.

Small children typically have quite a narrow larynx, so even a slight decrease in the airway's radius may lead to a large decrease in the air flow, leading to the symptoms of croup.

Viral croup is caused by a viral infection in the trachea and larynx.

Bronchoscopy-A procedure in which a hollow tube (bronchoscope) is inserted into the airway to allow visual examination of the larynx, trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles.

Larynx-Also known as the voice box, the larynx is the part of the airway that lies between the pharynx and the trachea.

Most of these are cancers of the lymphoid tissues (leukemias and lymphomas), but one fifth of the cancers occur in the stomach, brain, ovary, skin, liver, larynx, parotid gland, and breast.

Croup, an inflammation of the trachea (windpipe) and larynx (voice box), is the most common cause of stridor in children under age two.

It seems to be caused by a collapse of tissue around the larynx and usually occurs in newborns that have no other health problems.

X rays and direct examination of the voice box (larynx) and breathing passages using a laryngoscope or bronchoscope indicate the exact location of the obstruction or inflammation.