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the muscular gatekeeper that turns mere air into laughter, lies, and entire languages
voice boxfolds vibrate up to 1,000 times per second
drops at pubertymale larynx lowers, deepening the voice noticeably
airway guardslams shut to keep food from your lungs
adam's applethat bump is just the thyroid cartilage
whisper trickwhispering skips the folds entirely, using only airflow