larynx lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech
• An irregularly shaped, musculocartilaginous tubular structure, lined with mucous membrane, located at the top of the trachea and below the root of the tongue and the hyoid bone. It is the essential sphincter guarding the entrance into the trachea and functioning secondarily as the organ of voice.