On 'The Zane Lowe Show', Cyrus revealed she has a "large polyp" on her vocal cords Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...

Its primary function is to protect and support the vocal cords. It is one of the laryngeal cartilages, which make up the skeleton of the larynx. Cartilage is a tough but somewhat flexible material.

To mimic a human lung, Sawada uses a compressed air tank which forces air into a plastic voice-box chamber, where it makes rubber “vocal cords” vibrate (see diagram). The basic sounds ...