Larynx (2483 bytes)
1: ...tion of the [[trachea]] and sound production. The larynx houses the [[vocal cord]]s, and is situated at th...
4: ...orting bone called the [[hyoid]], which moves the larynx during [[swallowing]]. The [[epiglottis]] is anot...
6: ...uring sound production. The lowest portion of the larynx is the subglottis.
9: During swallowing the larynx (and the epiglottis) close to prevent swallowed m...
11: ...itch]] and [[loudness|volume]] are created in the larynx, while articulation of the sound derives from the...

Cancer of the larynx (7372 bytes)
1: ... begin in the [[glottis]]. The inner walls of the larynx are lined with cells called [[squamous cell]]s. A...
3: ..., not lung cancer. It is treated as cancer of the larynx, not lung cancer. Doctors sometimes call the new ...
5: ==Cancer of the larynx: who is at risk? ==
7: No one knows the exact causes of cancer of the larynx. Doctors cannot explain why one person gets this ...
9: ...risk factors are more likely to get cancer of the larynx. A risk factor is anything that increases your ch...

Pharynx (1100 bytes)
1: ...lude the [[larynx]]) The pharynx attaches to the larynx, which is the first element of the [[airway]]s. T...
3: ...]; and the ''laryngopharynx'', posterior to the [[larynx]].
5: See also [[larynx]], [[adenoid]], [[tonsil]], [[Eustachian tube]], ...

Laryngectomy (1161 bytes)
1: ...formed when those treatments fail to conserve the larynx.
3: ...cond method is use of an electrolarynx. An electrolarynx is an external device that is placed against the ...

Adam's apple (1138 bytes)
1: The human [[larynx]] rests in a frame of [[cartilage]] bound by [[li...
3: ... pre-pubescent girls or boys. (This growth of the larynx is also the reason for the [[voice]] breaking in ...

Vocal apparatus (270 bytes)
1: ...[teeth]], hard and soft [[palate]]s, [[uvula]], [[larynx]], [[lungs]], etc.

Hemoptysis (317 bytes)
1: ... blood-stained [[sputum]] from the [[bronchi]], [[larynx]], [[trachea]], or [[lungs]] (e.g. in tuberculosi...

Phoniatrics (1546 bytes)
1: ... of the vocal cords, cancer in the vocal cords or larynx, incapability to control the speech organs proper...

Vagus nerve (1948 bytes)
16: *muscles of the [[larynx]] ([[speech]]).
19: ...s vitally important for speech and in keeping the larynx open for breathing.

Syrinx (disambiguation) (600 bytes)
6: ...equivalent that [[bird]]s have to the mammalian [[larynx]]; see [[Syrinx (biology)]].

Head and neck cancer (457 bytes)
1: ...d in the oral cavity ([[mouth]]), [[pharynx]], [[larynx]], and [[lymph node]]s of the upper neck. Head an...

Esophageal speech (3994 bytes)
1: ...sophagus that oscillates in contrast to normal ([[larynx|laryngeal]]) speech where the vocal folds oscilla...
3: ... total [[laryngectomy]]. In this operation, the [[larynx]] (and with it the vocal chords etc.) is removed ...
5: ...eal speech is thus produced without an artificial larynx and achieved by learning to pump air from the mou...
11: The [[voice]] of a speaker without a larynx sounds as if he or she has a cold.
13: ...nd electrolaryngeal speech (speech with an electrolarynx) may take weeks or months of training to achieve ...

Epiglottis (879 bytes)
1: ...ted by [[ligaments]] to other structures of the [[larynx]]. When one swallows the '''epiglottis''' pivots...

Hieronymus Fabricius (951 bytes)
6: ...d the peculiarities of the eye, the ear and the [[larynx]]. His main claim to fame is the discovery of th...

Creaky voice (1071 bytes)
1: ...]] in which the [[arytenoid cartilages]] in the [[larynx]] are drawn together; as a result, the [[vocal fo...

Manuel Patricio Rodriguez Garcia (938 bytes)
3: ...d the next year published observations of his own larynx and vocal cords made with a small dental mirror i...

Mary Wells (797 bytes)
2: ...26]], [[1992]] of [[oral cancer|cancer]] of the [[larynx]]. She was a chart-topping singer of [[pop music]...

Vocal cords (1085 bytes)
1: ...brane]] stretched horizontally across the human [[larynx]]. They [[oscillation|vibrate]], modulating the f...

Throat (1162 bytes)
1: ...l column]]. It consists of the [[pharynx]] and [[larynx]].

Nucleus ambiguus (1252 bytes)
5: ...hagus]], and other parts of the [[pharynx]] and [[larynx]].

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