voice box
Throat's sound maker
The voice box is the larynx—the organ in the throat containing the vocal cords that produces sound when air passes through.
It's the informal, everyday term for what doctors call the larynx: The surgery affected his voice box.
A blow to the voice box can temporarily rob you of speech.
Speech-producing throat organ
- glottisVocal cord opening
- epiglottisWindpipe-covering throat cartilage
- pharynxMuscular throat cavity
- tracheaRespiratory airway tube
hyoid · cartilage · Adam's apple · windpipe · airway · throat · esophagus · bronchi
Oral communication ability
- singingVocal music-making
- hummingContinuous low-pitched sound
- whisperingBreathy, near-silent speech
- shoutingVocally projecting loudly
screaming · crying · laughing · yodeling · chanting · crooning · warbling · trilling
Vocal fold vibration
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
- coughingForceful air expulsion reflex
- speakingOral expression of language
singing · protection · airflow · vibration · sound production · pitch control · articulation · resonance
Inflamed voice box condition
- nodulesSmall rounded protuberances
- polypsFixed aquatic invertebrates
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
inflammation · hoarseness · laryngoscopy · intubation · tracheotomy · dysphonia · stridor · edema
larynx
Speech-producing throat organ
- glottisVocal cord opening
- epiglottisWindpipe-covering throat cartilage
- pharynxMuscular throat cavity
trachea · hyoid · cartilage · Adam's apple · windpipe · airway · throat · esophagus · bronchi · mucosa
speech
Oral communication ability
- singingVocal music-making
- hummingContinuous low-pitched sound
- whisperingBreathy, near-silent speech
shouting · screaming · crying · laughing · yodeling · chanting · crooning · warbling · trilling · belting
phonation
Vocal fold vibration
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
- coughingForceful air expulsion reflex
speaking · singing · protection · airflow · vibration · sound production · pitch control · articulation · resonance · projection
laryngitis
Inflamed voice box condition
- nodulesSmall rounded protuberances
- polypsFixed aquatic invertebrates
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
paralysis · inflammation · hoarseness · laryngoscopy · intubation · tracheotomy · dysphonia · stridor · edema · biopsy
- larynxlarynx, epiglottis, glottis, arytenoid cartilage, Adam's apple
- Neckneck, throat, Adam's apple, larynx, trachea
- throatthroat, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, tonsils
- voiceutterance, sound, tone, larynx, pitch
- respiratory systemlungs, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, airways
- communication aidsAAC, talker, talkers, text to speech, text-to-speech