There shouldn't be any reason for you to worry about a needle biopsy of
the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is in the lower part of the larynx -
just above the sternum - which is in the lower respiratory system.
It's quite distant from the vocal folds in the upper respiratory system,
and it's also located in front of the cricoid and thyroid cartilages, not
behind them, so it's directly accessible through the needle inserted
through the epidermis. The main functions the larynx performs vis singing
is to provide resonators, and also to provide a conduit for breath coming
up through the trachea from the lungs (i.e., it connects the
laryngopharynx with the trachea. It's main function isn't related to
phonation at all: it's to keep food and liquids - including saliva - from
going down the trachea rather than the esophagus.
KM
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NEIL SHICOFF, TENORE SUPREMO
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/shicoff/shicoff.html
My Own Website
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
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+ I sing hymns with my spirit, +
+ but I also sing hymns with my mind. +
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