Fascinating

I love it when stuff like Greek mythology and medical terminology comes together~

Apparently Syrinx is a nymph that escaped from Pan and turned into hollow water reeds - of which Pan used to make his pan pipes.

"Syrinx" is the Greek word for "tube".

And that's the etymology for the word "syringe" and also "syrinx".

Of course we know what a syringe is, but a "syrinx" is fluid-filled neuroglial cavity in the spinal cord (syringomyelina) or in the brainstem (syringobulbia) or in the nerves of the elbow.

I love it~