EMBRYOLOGY
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Question
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The larynx is also known as the ____
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Voice box
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Passage to the lungs
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Long vein
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Airway
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The area of the throat containing the vocal cords and used for breathing, swallowing, and talking. Also called larynx.
Detailed explanation-2: -Larynx, also known as the sound box helps in the generation of sound and thus helps us in communicating. When air passes out of the lungs and over the vocal cords, it causes them to vibrate.
Detailed explanation-3: -larynx, also called voice box, a hollow, tubular structure connected to the top of the windpipe (trachea); air passes through the larynx on its way to the lungs. The larynx also produces vocal sounds and prevents the passage of food and other foreign particles into the lower respiratory tracts.
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