Brain
The hemisphere responsible for language related functions in most people
What is the left hemisphere?
The bony frame formed by the ribs around the chest.
What is the rib cage?
The fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and articulating speech.
What is the tongue?
It connects the cerebrum with the spinal chord
What is the brain stem?
Located near the center of the brain, they manage the signals that inform action selection to help the brain move muscles
What is Basal Ganglia?
A dome-shaped, muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in mammals
What is the Diaphragm?
Each of a set of hard, bony enamel-coated structures, used for biting and chewing.
What is the tooth?
What is the Trachea?
Referred to as the "Little Brain," this functions to control balance and coordination of movement
What is the Cerebellum?
The branches into which a bronchus divides.
What is the Bronchiole?
Each of the upper and lower bony structures forming the framework of the mouth and containing the teeth.
What is the jaw?
The name for the bones that make up the bottom part of the spine
What is the Coccyx?
Helping to turn thoughts into speech, it transmits information to the motor cortex, another part of your brain that makes your mouth move.
What is Broca’s Area?
Any of the many tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gaseous exchange.
What is the Alveoli?
The hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords
What is the larynx?
The part of the larynx consisting of the vocal cords and the slit-like opening between them. It affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.
What is the Glottis?
Sheet of tissue covering cerebrum & cerebellum, involved in information processing
What is the Cerebral Cortex?
The hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords
What is the Larynx?
A flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue, which is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe
What is the epiglottis?
Several groups of muscles that run between the ribs, and help form and move the chest wall.
What are Intercostal muscles?