English Dictionary

larynx

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈla.ɹɪŋks/

名詞

(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

日本語の意味

喉頭 ― 哺乳類の頸部に位置する空洞の筋肉性器官で、咽頭が気管と食道に分かれる直下にあり、呼吸の制御、気管の保護、そして声帯による発声に関与する

The larynx protects the trachea during swallowing and enables sound production by housing the vocal cords.

喉頭は嚥下時に気管を保護し、声帯を収めることで音を生み出します。

意味（1）

(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

There is one thing, among abundance of others, in Anatomy, which has always much affected me with Admiration, … It is the Situation and Elaſticity of the Epiglottis, a ſoft Cartilaginous Cover to the Larynx, or Orifice of the Wind-pipe; that this Epiglottis ſhould, all a Man's life, be drawn up, for the Benefit of Reſpiration, and fall down and ſhut, whilſt every bit we eat, and every drop we drink, paſſes over it into the Gullet and Stomach; and that we ſhould ſo ſeldom have Occaſion to cough up a crum, or drop, that may accidentaly ſlip into the Larynx; …

larynges （ plural ）

larynxes （ plural ）