Anatomy, physiology and hygiene for high schools . ICE BY the action of tlie inspired and expired air in settinglip vibration of the folds of membrane in the larynxcalled the vocal cords, the sounds are produced which wecall the voice. The larynx consists of a framework of cartilages articu-lated together to form a chamber in the course of the airtube between the lungs and the noseand mouth. Stretched across tliischamber are the vocal cords, andthe air passino- these cords can bemade to vibrate them at will. Just above the last incomplete Cricoi cartilage ring of the trachea we havethe first c
Anatomy, physiology and hygiene for high schools . ICE BY the action of tlie inspired and expired air in settinglip vibration of the folds of membrane in the larynxcalled the vocal cords, the sounds are produced which wecall the voice. The larynx consists of a framework of cartilages articu-lated together to form a chamber in the course of the airtube between the lungs and the noseand mouth. Stretched across tliischamber are the vocal cords, andthe air passino- these cords can bemade to vibrate them at will. Just above the last incomplete Cricoi cartilage ring of the trachea we havethe first cartilage of the is a complete ring, narrow infront, broad behind, like a signetring. It is called the cricoid (GreekJcriJios, a ring) car^iZa^e. Abovethis is a V-shaped cartilage with broad sides, the thyroid (G-reek tJiu-reos, ^ a shield ). The open part ofthis cartilage is filled in by the broad posterior part ofthe cricoid. At the back of the larynx, on each side ofthe broad part of the cricoid, is a small cartilage, the aryte- 261. Larynx.
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