Voice box, an organ in the neck of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals

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The diaphragm (fig. 1) after Haller, the pharynx, seen from the back and the larynx seen from the front (figs 2-3), after Duverney, and the larynx seen from the back and open and from the side (figs 4-5), after Eustachius. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

Anatomy and botany; top left, dissected head and chest showing arteries; top right, larynx; bottom left, buckthorn plant; centre, surgical instruments; bottom right, electric ray fish. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

Shoulder joint, larynx, peritoneum (?) and a reclining écorché supported by the left elbow and the outstreched right hand, seen from the front. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Sons, partly after W. Cowper, 1813.

Muscles of the eye and larynx and the head shown with a section of skull removed. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

The larynx and other organs in the neck. Lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.

Parts of the jaw, tongue and larynx: five figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper and G.B. Morgagni, 1798.

The larynx, trachea, thyroid gland and related parts of the throat: six figures and six lesser figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper and G. Bidloo, 1798.

The larynx, its nerves, cartilages and related parts: eight figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after G.B. Morgagni, A. Monro, and J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

Nouvelles recherches sur la phonation : mémoire présenté et lu à l'Académie des sciences le 15 avril 1861 / par Ch. Battaille.

On throat deafness : and the pathological connections of the throat, nose, and ear / by James Yearsley.

Der Kehlkopf des Menschen / von Hubert v. Luschka.

The journal of laryngology and rhinology

Nachtrag zu meiner Schrift Die erste Ausrottung eines Polypen in der Kehlkopfschöhle durch Zerscheiden ohne blutige Eröffnung der Luftwege / von Victor v. Bruns.

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Larynx

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Nouvelles recherches sur la phonation : mémoire présenté et lu à l'Académie des sciences le 15 avril 1861 / par Ch. Battaille.

On throat deafness : and the pathological connections of the throat, nose, and ear / by James Yearsley.

Der Kehlkopf des Menschen / von Hubert v. Luschka.

The journal of laryngology and rhinology

Nachtrag zu meiner Schrift Die erste Ausrottung eines Polypen in der Kehlkopfschöhle durch Zerscheiden ohne blutige Eröffnung der Luftwege / von Victor v. Bruns.

Larynx

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Nouvelles recherches sur la phonation : mémoire présenté et lu à l'Académie des sciences le 15 avril 1861 / par Ch. Battaille.

On throat deafness : and the pathological connections of the throat, nose, and ear / by James Yearsley.

Der Kehlkopf des Menschen / von Hubert v. Luschka.

The journal of laryngology and rhinology

Nachtrag zu meiner Schrift Die erste Ausrottung eines Polypen in der Kehlkopfschöhle durch Zerscheiden ohne blutige Eröffnung der Luftwege / von Victor v. Bruns.

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