Anatomy
tracheal syrinx
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(syrinx) The vocal organ of a bird located near the tracheal bifurcation.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(syrinx) The vocal organ of a bird that is located in the lower portion of the larynx.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Syrinx, the vocal organ of birds, located at the base of the windpipe (trachea), where the trachea divides into the bronchi (tubes that connect the trachea with the lungs). The syrinx is lacking in the New World vultures (Cathartidae), which can only hiss and grunt, but reaches great complexity in...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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