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"text": "[T]he Syrinx might give occaſion to the bagpipe, by leading the vvay to its invention; for it vvas certainly very natural, both for eaſe in playing, and for the ſaving of breath, and even for the health and ſafety of the performer's lungs, to contrive a method of conveying vvind to the ſeveral pipes by means of bellovvs.",
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"ref": "1901, A. F. Rudolf Hoernle [i.e., Augustus Frederic Rudolf Hoernlé], “A Report on the British Collection of Antiquities from Central Asia [Part II]”, in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, volume LXX, part I (History, Literature, &c.), number 1 (extra), Calcutta: […] Baptist Mission Press [for the Asiatic Society of Bengal], →OCLC, section IV (Pottery, Terracottas, Miscellaneous Objects), page 49:",
"text": "In Dr. Sven Hedin's collection there is a fragment of a neck of a jar, which shows a whole circle of Gandharvas performing on drums, harps, syrinxes, etc. Noteworthy is the existence of the syrinx on artware of Eastern Turkestan. That instrument has never, so far as I am aware, been observed in Indian art.",
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"text": "The Panpipe is indeed one of the most characteristic instruments of South America, especially of the Western regions. the ancient Peruvian civilizations produced syrinxes not only of reeds but also of terra cotta (those of the coastal civilizations, especially of Nazca, are sometimes real works of art) and even carved in stone, chiefly among the Araucans.",
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"text": "And novv vvhen the people of all ſorts came flocking to the Court, in a tumultuous manner, Agathocles [grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse], taking the King vvith him, vvent and hid himſelf, in a place called Syringes, vvhich vvas a gallery or vvalk, vvhich had every vvay three vvalls and gates to paſſe, before one could come unto it.",
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"text": "In Dr. Sven Hedin's collection there is a fragment of a neck of a jar, which shows a whole circle of Gandharvas performing on drums, harps, syrinxes, etc. Noteworthy is the existence of the syrinx on artware of Eastern Turkestan. That instrument has never, so far as I am aware, been observed in Indian art.",
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"text": "The Panpipe is indeed one of the most characteristic instruments of South America, especially of the Western regions. the ancient Peruvian civilizations produced syrinxes not only of reeds but also of terra cotta (those of the coastal civilizations, especially of Nazca, are sometimes real works of art) and even carved in stone, chiefly among the Araucans.",
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"ref": "2024, N. Nevin, M. M. Danzi, E. Ulanowski, M. R. Wiegand, “Orthopaedic Neurology”, in Jeffrey D. Placzek, David A. Boyce, editors, Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Secrets, 4th edition, St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 161:",
"text": "A syrinx (Latin, \"tube\") is a neuroglial cell-lined, fluid-filled cavity (\"syringomyelia\" in the spinal cord; \"syringobulbia\" in the brain stem) possibly due to an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid, genetic malformations, or the proliferation and subsequent regression of embryonic cell nests. A syrinx within the central canal interrupts the decussating spinothalamic tract fibers resulting in bilateral loss of pain and temperature sensations around the level of the lesion.",
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[
"tube",
"tube#Noun"
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[
"shaped",
"shaped#Adjective"
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[
"structures",
"structure#Noun"
],
[
"body",
"body#Noun"
],
[
"rare",
"rare#Adjective"
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[
"fluid",
"fluid#Noun"
],
[
"filled",
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[
"neuroglial",
"neuroglial"
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[
"cavity",
"cavity"
],
[
"brain stem",
"brain stem"
],
[
"spinal cord",
"spinal cord"
]
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"(by extension)",
"(neurology, pathology) Any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body, especially a rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity in the brain stem or within the spinal cord."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
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"medicine",
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"neuroscience",
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"sciences"
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{
"ref": "1839, William MacGillivray, “Practical Ornithology. Fifth Lesson.”, in A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: […], volume II (Cantatores, Songsters), London: […] [W. Burness] for Scott, Webster, and Geary, […], →OCLC, page 19:",
"text": "This tube is named the Windpipe, Trachea, or Aspera-arteria; […] its lower extremity, or the part at which it bifurcates, is the Lower Larynx, or the Syrinx. Besides acting as a pipe to the lungs, it is also the organ of the voice, the air in passing through it causing its membranes so to vibrate, and being so acted upon by the muscles attached to it, as to give rise to the various cries and notes emitted by birds, although the palate, the tongue, and the mandibles also operate in modifying the sounds thus produced.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1999, Irene Maxine Pepperberg, “How Does a Grey Parrot Produce Human Speech Sounds?”, in The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots, Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 293:",
"text": "The role of the syrinx in psittacine sound production is still under examination, and probably differs from that of songbirds. […] For species with relatively simple syringes but complex vocal behavior (such as Grey parrots), these data imply that other structures must modify syringeal output.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Gisela Kaplan, “Emotions, Vocal Behaviour and Communication”, in Tawny Frogmouth (Australian Natural History Series), Collingwood, Melbourne, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN, page 121:",
"text": "The primary sound-producing organ in a bird is the syrinx and the secondary system aiding sound production consists of the larynx, mouth, tongue and laryngeal muscles. […] Birds vocalise by expelling air over the elastic membranes of the syrinx housed within the inter-clavicular sac, an air sac in the pleural cavity.",
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},
{
"ref": "2010, Peter Simmons, David Young, “Nerve Cells and Animal Signalling: Songs of Crickets, Electric Fish and Birds”, in Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour, 3rd edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 247:",
"text": "The organ responsible for producing sounds during song is the syrinx, located where the trachea joins the bronchi of the two lungs[…]. Four to six muscles on either side are attached to the syrinx, and sound is produced when air is expelled through it. The flow of air induces part of the syrinx wall to vibrate and generate sound, in a similar way to the operation of the human larynx.",
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[
"organ",
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[
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"(by extension)",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "narrow channel cut in rock, especially in Ancient Egyptian burial chambers",
"word": "ura"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "fistula",
"sense": "any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фистула"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syrinx"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body",
"word": "ontelo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "syrinx"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syríngio",
"sense": "any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "συρίγγιο"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "sirinks"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "مصفار"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "siringe"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "鳴管"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "míngguǎn",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "鸣管"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "syrinx"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "syrinx"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syrinx"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "sirinkso"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "syrinx"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "äänielin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "syrinx"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "sirinxe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stimmkopf"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "alsó gégefő"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "siring"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "siringe"
},
{
"alt": "めいかん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "meikan",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "鳴管"
},
{
"alt": "鳴管",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "myeonggwan",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "명관"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "syrinx"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "سوتک"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "siringe"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sirinx"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "siringe"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sírinks",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "си́ринкс"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "siringe"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "syrinx"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sýrynks",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "си́ринкс"
},
{
"alt": "鳴管",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "voice organ in birds",
"word": "minh quản"
}
],
"word": "syrinx"
}
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