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гло́тка — meaning in English

glotka

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English meaning

  • larynx noun The part of the throat containing the vocal cords, involved in producing sound and protecting the airway.
  • pharynx noun The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
  • throat noun The front part of the neck, or the passage inside it leading from the mouth to the lungs and stomach.

Senses

гло́тка is used for these senses in English:

  • glottis (anatomy) The opening between the true vocal cords which is located in the larynx and affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.
  • larynx (anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.
  • pharynx (anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
  • throat The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

pharynx — full definition

  1. noun The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
  2. noun The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.

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