NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your larynx is part of your respiratory system. It’s a hollow tube that lets air pass from your throat (pharynx) to your trachea on the way to your lungs. It also contains your vocal cords and is essential to human speech, so it’s often called the voice box.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cricoid cartilage serves to maintain airway patency, forms part of the larynx, and provides an attachment point for key muscles, ligaments, and cartilage, which function in the opening and closing the vocal cords for sound production.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pharynx-is the muscle-lined space that connects the nose and mouth to the larynx and esophagus (eating tube).

Detailed explanation-4: -The trachea is the long tube that connects your larynx (voice box) to your bronchi. Your bronchi send air to your lungs. Your trachea is a key part of your respiratory system. The trachea is made of rings of cartilage.