Syrinx vs. Larynx — What's the Difference?

In classical Greek mythology, Syrinx (Greek Σύριγξ) was a nymph and a follower of Artemis, known for her chastity. Pursued by the amorous god Pan, she ran to a river's edge and asked for assistance from the river nymphs.

The larynx (), commonly called the voice box, is an organ in the top of the neck involved in breathing, producing sound and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. The opening of larynx into pharynx known as the laryngeal inlet is about 4–5 centimeters in diameter.

(Music) See panpipe.

The part of the respiratory tract between the pharynx and the trachea, having walls of cartilage and muscle and containing the vocal cords enveloped in folds of mucous membrane.

(Zoology) The vocal organ of a bird, consisting of thin vibrating muscles at or close to the division of the trachea into the bronchi.

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, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

A set of panpipes.

The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.

A narrow channel cut in rock, especially in ancient Egyptian tombs.

A cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech

The voice organ in birds.

(medicine) Any of several tuboid#Adjective structures, especially a rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity within the spinal cord or in the brain stem.

A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; - called also pandean pipes.

The lower larynx in birds.

A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together

The vocal organ of a bird