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larynx
enlarged anterior end of trachea (windpipe) that contains vocal folds; present in all vertebrates except birds
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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larynx A hollow structure at the beginning of the trachea. The vocal cords extend across the opening of the larynx.
lateral roots Roots extending away from the main (or taproot) root.
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larynx: the voicebox of mammals, formed from several folds of cartilage at the upper end of the trachea.
left atrium: the chamber of the human heart that receives oxygen-rich blood via the pulmonary vein.
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larynx Modified upper portion of respiratory tract of air-breathing vertebrates, bounded by the glottis above and the trachea below; voice box; adj., laryngeal relating to the larynx.
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larynx
(the voice box) A dilation of the upper part of the trachea (windpipe) of tetrapods (Adam's apple in humans), occurring in the front part of the neck containing the vocal cords
Covered in Lab 16 Rat Respiratory and Circulatory Systems ...
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Larynx the widened area at the top of the trachea which contains the vocal cords
(larynx = gullet)
LatissimusDorsi the muscles on the back over the kidneys
(lat = broad wide; -issimus = superlative ending ["very"]; dors = back) ...
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Air is brought into the animal via the airways - in reptiles, birds and mammals this often consists of the nose; the pharynx; the larynx; the trachea; the bronchi and bronchioles; and the terminal branches of the respiratory tree.
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Generation of high-resolution cosmid coverage on human chromosome 5p for the larynx and critical regions identified with Cri-du-Chat syndrome, the most common human terminal-deletion syndrome (in collaboration with Thomas Jefferson University).
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But in a CF kid, before his lung gets infected, the whole larynx gets covered in Pseudomonas, it's a difference in the secretion patterns in the CF kids.
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Radiation therapy may be used to treat almost every type of solid tumor, including cancers of the brain, breast, cervix, larynx, lung, pancreas, prostate, skin, spine, stomach, uterus, or soft tissue sarcomas.
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Alcohol is associated with cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, larynx, and liver.
Alcohol is even more dangerous if drinking is accompanied by tobacco use (smoking or chewing).
Radiation ...
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the motor units of the muscles controlling the larynx are as small as 2-3 fibers per motor neuron ...
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The windpipe; that portion of the respiratory tube that has C-shaped cartilagenous rings and passes from the larynx to two bronchi.
trachea pl. tracheae
(trake-ee-a) [Gk. tracheia, rough] ...
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