 | Georg Hermann von Meyer - 1883 - 424 páginas
...the larynx is exceedingly simple, its character being merely that of a membranous reed-instrument, consisting of two elastic plates, stretched so as to leave a narrow fissure between them, so that when the current of air streams through the fissure they are thrown into vibration. Two... | |
 | Japan Society of London - 1908 - 590 páginas
...what are called the vocal chords, the musical instrument of the voice. The actual instrument consists of two elastic plates stretched so as to leave a narrow fissure between them. They are of the nature of a membranous reed, which throws into a state of vibration the air passing... | |
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... mixture of voice and speech, a current of air which has been thrown into sonant vibration by the D larynx being employed for at least the greater number of articulate sounds. The vocal apparatus of the larynx is exceedingly simple, its character being... 