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The Larynx as the Body's Sound Source

Entry node for the physical instrument. Establishes the larynx sitting at the top of the trachea, the vocal folds spanning it, and the glottis as the gap between them. Every later node in this sub-domain refers to one of those three objects by name, so the anatomy has to exist first. Deliberately anatomy only: it makes no acoustic claim.

Questions this Concept answers

Why is the glottis given a name separate from the vocal folds themselves?

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Anatomy of the Larynx

The larynx is a cartilaginous tube whose skeletal framework (thyroid, cricoid, arytenoid, corniculate, and cuneiform cartilages, linked by membranes and ligaments) suspends and positions two paired f…