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Meaning
Noun
●
In Anatomy & Animal body parts:
A
hollow
muscular
organ
of the
neck
of
mammals
situated
just below where the
tract
of the
pharynx
splits
into the
trachea
and the
oesophagus
. It is
involved
in
breath
control and
protection
of the
trachea
, and, because it
houses
the
vocal cords
,
sound
production.
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Origin
larynx
English
λάρυγξ
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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Pharynx
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Epilarynx
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