Where it is
At the entrance to the trachea, below the pharynx, suspended from the hyoid apparatus.
- Layer
- Organs
- System
- Respiratory system
- Region
- Head and neck
What it is and what it does
The larynx is the cartilaginous box at the start of the trachea: the epiglottic, thyroid and cricoid cartilages form its wall, and the intrinsic muscles (for example the cricothyroideus) move its parts. It is suspended from the hyoid apparatus, to which the hyoid muscles attach: the sternohyoideus, thyrohyoideus and mylohyoideus.
Worth remembering
Its cartilages form the wall, and the small muscles inside move its parts.
Names
- Latin term: larynx.
- In Romanian: Laringele (Romanian page).
In the atlas lessons
Journey of a scent (5 min):
Panting or sniffing: a dog cannot do both at once. After exertion, detection dogs found less and more slowly (Gazit and Terkel 2003). On the trail, in the heat: breaks and water.