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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
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First Known Use
1835, in the meaning defined above
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“Voice box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voice%20box. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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