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 ............................ NEIL SHICOFF, TENORE SUPREMO http://www.radix.net/~dalila/shicoff/shicoff.html
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + I sing hymns with my spirit, + + but I also sing hymns with my mind. + + - 1 Corinthians 14:15 + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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