syrinx

1. Music. See panpipe.
2. Zoology. The vocal organ of a bird, consisting of thin vibrating muscles at or close to the division of the trachea into the bronchi.

[Latin sȳrinx, from Greek sūrinx.]

In ancient Egypt, a narrow and deep rock-cut channel or tunnel forming a characteristic feature of Egyptian tombs of the New Empire.

1. a tube or pipe; a fistula.
2. the principal voice organ of birds; a laterally compressed cartilaginous box at the end of the trachea and the beginning of the bronchi.

• s. membrane — one that creates the voice of birds; comprises two pairs of vibrating membranes, the internal and external tympanic membranes.

Syrinx is a nymph in Greek mythology. Syrinx and syringe both come from the Greek word σῦριγξ meaning "tube". The Latin/Greek-style plural of syrinx is syringes, which is also the plural of the word syringe.

Syrinx may also refer to:

In the sciences:

• Syrinx (biology) - the closest equivalent that birds have to the mammalian larynx
• Syrinx (medicine) - A rare fluid-filled neuroglial cavity within the spinal cord (syringomyelia) or in the brain stem (syringobulbia)
• Syrinx aruanus - an enormous sea snail, the sole species in the genus Syrinx, within the family Turbinellidae
• (3360) Syrinx - an asteroid

In music:

• Syrinx (instrument), a musical instrument also known as pan pipes
• Syrinx (Debussy) - a piece of music for solo flute by Claude Debussy
• Syrinx (band) - a Canadian musical group of the 1970s

In other arts:

• Syrinx (movie) - a short animation movie by Ryan Larkin

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