In the human body, the throat is the part of the body extending from the base of the tongue to the trachea (windpipe). The throat contains the organs for the production of sound and affords passage to the stomach and to the lungs.
The beginning of the throat is presented on looking into the mouth. In the middle line above, is the uvula hanging from the soft palate. On either side the soft palate becomes continuous with the two pillars of the fauces, and below, these again are continuous with the root or base of the tongue. Between the pillars of the fauces on either side are the tonsils, which if enlarged can narrow the enterance to the throat to a dangerous extent. Above and behind the soft palate is the nasopharynx into which the posterior ends of the nostrils open.
Projecting upwards in the middle line at the base of the tongue is the epiglottis. From each side of this two folds project backwards and touch one another behind, leaving a triangular interval, which is the enterance to the larynx. Behind the place where these bands join is a narrow gap forming the enterance to the oesophagus.
The vestibule of the latynx contains two fleshy-looking bands, called the false cords, which are highly developed in the lower animals. Deeper in the larynx are two thinner, pearly-white bands which are the true vocal cords, the essential organs of sound. Theye are enclosed in a more or less rigid box of cartilage, the front of which can be seen in the middle line of the neck in a man and is popularly known as the 'Adam's Apple'. Research Throat
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Research Throat