Talk:Larynx

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[edit] Loopdidoo

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"Descended larynx

In most animals, including infant humans, apes, and loopdidoos the larynx is situated very..."


In this context, what is a loopdidoo? My first guess is that it is a bit of subtle vandalism, but I hold out complete judgement in-case someone can tell me it is a name for some kind of animal.

TecBrat 05:16, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Superior Laryngial Nerve

I'm pretty sure the internal branch (not the external branch) of the superior laryngial nerve provides sensory innervation to the larynx. Also, I've only heard the branches of the superior laryngial nerve called external and internal, which makes more sense than external and inferior.

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You will find that the vagus divides to the superior and recurrent laryngeal nerves, and the superior then subdvides into the exterior and internal which supply the vocal muscles.

what is the larynx made out of? soft tissue, bone, cartilage? trying to look through the article quickly, i can't seem to find this out. might be something for the introduction. 128.118.112.162 02:44, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Descended Larynx

There is no page for descended larynx, to which I wish to refer with a link, elsewhere. I was wondering if there's a reason for that, or if it just hasn't been made yet. I see no reference to it in this entry, either. Kaz 17:16, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Anatomical Structure, more detail

I will try to provide some more detail about the role of the human larynx in speech. I do not know much about the topic of descended larynx, but may include a stub topic to be filled in by more knowledgeable people.

--TimothyMills 14:01, 2005 July 18 (UTC)

[edit] something to add

some images of difference in stucture between human and animal would be good but i can't seem to find any

by andrea

[edit] Larynx-less

what would happen if you didn't have a larynx?

                                     -Jackie

That is theoretically impossible since the larynx is a term to describe the section of the trachea immediatly inferior to the laryngopharynx, and the absence of an entire section of the trachea would probably prevent ventilation. Lack of innervation to the vocal cords by both laryngeal nerves causes a loss of voice, and loss of one produces horseness of the voice, so hypothetically loss of the larynx would also prevent vocalisation.

[edit] TeRmS

Some of the terms are not easy to understand as they are not explaned well or not at all.
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[edit] larynx not part of trachea

I've looked up trachea in a number of dictionaries, including Dorland's Medical, and it is consistently defined as extending from the larynx to the bronchi. While this might be restricted to human anatomy, I don't think so, such that for any animal with a larynx, the trachea starts below it. This might not be fair or logical, IF for animals without a larynx the entire respiratory passageway(s) are called trachea, and the term is meant to apply to same, but you at least can't ignore convention (i.e., it's confusing to include the larynx as part of the trachea here, when everywhere else they, while contiguous, are considered exclusive of each other. Jauntymcd 19:41, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

what is the larynx made out of? soft tissue, bone, cartilage? trying to look through the article quickly, i can't seem to find this out. might be something for the introduction. 128.118.112.162 02:46, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ERROR ? transplant is a disorder

In the order of larynx disorders is this: The world's first successful larynx transplant took place in 1999 at the Cleveland Clinic. [2]

My English is not strong enough to evaluate if that belongs there but I gues it does not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jemocri (talk • contribs) 06:57, 12 June 2008 (UTC)