voice box

noun

: larynx

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Vocal sounds are produced as air from the lungs pushes through the larynx (voice box) in the throat, which contains vocal cords. —

Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Sep. 2024 How Cannabis Use May Influence the Risk of Head and Neck Cancers The study authors set out to clarify whether heavy cannabis use has any connection to the risk of head and neck cancers, which can develop in the mouth, nose, sinuses, salivary glands, throat, and larynx (voice box). —

Maggie O'Neill, Health, 14 Aug. 2024 Your throat, or pharynx, is a tube that carries air to your windpipe and larynx (known as the voice box). —

Laura Schober, Health, 3 July 2024 Rodenburg was told that Neanderthals had wide noses with large nasal cavities, broad rib cages, and a short voice box. —

Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for voice box