larynx in dogs

A continuation of the pharynx that is involved in breathing, sound production, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the larynx is

A continuation of the pharynx that is involved in breathing, sound production, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the larynx is

It sits within the respiratory system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the larynx connects to

The atlas records 23 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of respiratory system.

Supply and innervation

Innervation: accessory XI nerve.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001737, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: respiratory system.
• A kind of: proximo-distal subdivision of respiratory tract and respiratory airway.
• contains: aryepiglottic fold, corniculate cartilage, crico-arytenoid muscle, glottis, laryngeal cartilage and larynx connective tissue, and 7 more.
• contributes to morphology of: respiratory system, glottis, larynx epithelium and muscle of larynx.
• flows to: trachea and chordate pharynx.
• Innervated by: accessory XI nerve.

Questions

Where is the larynx?

It sits within the respiratory system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the larynx connect to?

Part of: respiratory system.

Is the larynx the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.