Essays Tagged: "Larynx"

Biochemical processes and strutural attributes of the human respiratory system

cing the lung tissue to expand..Figure 3, shows the air entry route through the mouth and the nose, larynx and trachea - the tube into the thoracic cavity, where it splits into the two bronchi.Each br ...

(11 pages) 124 1 4.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry

This is a problem soultion paper on smoking.

Smoking can cause chronic lung and heart disease; also can cause strokes, and cancer of the lungs, larynx, esophagus, mouth, and bladder. Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to give birth to low ...

(2 pages) 78 0 4.1 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Physics of sound.

e air; however, they can also travel through solid objects like the earth. Our voice is made in the larynx, which is a part of the throat. Two small pieces of tissue are spread across the larynx. Thes ...

(3 pages) 59 0 3.4 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

The Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

The thyroid gland is located in the front, lower part of the neck, below the larynx. The small, two inch gland, consists of two lobes, one on each side of the trachea, connected ...

(3 pages) 46 0 4.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Ac/Dc

g the guitar chords were, there was a clear sense of space and restraint. Combined with Bon Scott's larynx-shredding vocals, the band spawned countless imitators over the next two decades.AC/DC was fo ...

(3 pages) 16 0 5.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Alcohol and Cancer.

increased risk in a number of cancers, namely those of the Upper Aero Digestive Tract (oral cavity, larynx, pharynx and oesophagus (UADT)), stomach, colon and breast. The evidence is inconsistent and ...

(3 pages) 23 0 2.3 Dec/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

The process of turning breath into voice and outline how a well-modulated vocal tone is achieved.

acity. This cause almost a vacuum effect sucking air into your mouth down your pharynx through your larynx and down into the trachea, then into the bronchi and into the lungs. When we breathe out the ... ne is done in the resonating cavities. The air returning to the lungs comes up the trachea into the larynx. There the vocal cords are drawn together so that the air passing through them causes them to ...

(1 pages) 13 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

The Common Cold or Rhinitis

y viruses that attack the upper respiratory tract, including the nasal cavity ,sinuses, pharynx and larynx. There are more than 200 different viruses known to cause the common cold, however the rhinov ...

(4 pages) 35 0 0.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

The Danger Of Smoking

Tobacco is associated with an increased risk of many diseases such as cancer of the mouth, larynx, throat, esophagus, uterus, and bladder. Inhaling these chemicals may also contribute to Hear ...

(4 pages) 1835 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Basic Structure of the Respiratory System

out 13cm long is a common passageway for food and air. However after the pharynx the air enters the Larynx and food enters the oesophagus. Larynx or voice box is located below the Pharynx. The Epiglot ...

(1 pages) 40 1 2.5 Oct/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

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arynx Pharynx- shared chamber- respiratory and digestive nasopharynx, oropharynx, and larynopharynx Larynx- epiglottis- prevents food from entering the glottis- thyroid cartilage- adams apple- ericoid ...

(2 pages) 1168 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Circulation in animals

contracts & air is inhaled into the mouth/nose. The oxygen molecule is than pushed through the Larynx into the trachea. Oxygen than passes through the bronchiole tubes in the lungs which than pas ...

(2 pages) 1095 0 0.0 May/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Study of lung capacity of an individual by using spirometer

en enters the respiratory system through the mouth and the nose. The oxygen then passes through the larynx (where speech sounds are produced) and the trachea which is a tube that enters the chest cavi ...

(9 pages) 1 0 0.0 Mar/2012

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology