The exchange of gas between an organism and its environment
What is Respiration?
This lies on top of the trachea in the anterior portion of the neck and is a valving mechanism that opens and closes.
What is the Larynx?
What three sounds in English, are produced with nasal resonance.
what are /m/,/n/, /ŋ/?
what are a) nerve fibers and b) the soma, or cell body which contains the nucleus
Is said to be the oldest part of the brain and connects the spinal cord with the brain via diencephalon. It also serves as a bridge between the cerebellum and all other CNS structures.
What is the brainstem?
A thick dome shaped muscle that separates the abdomen from the thorax, primary muscle in inspiration.
What is diaphragm
During swallowing, this protective structure drops to cover the orifice of the larynx. It is also a leaf-shaped piece of cartilage medial to the thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone.
What is the epiglottis?
What is Synapses?
What are the holes, in the base of the skull, that the cranial nerves exit through?
What are the Foramina?
What are the four lobes in the cerebrum or cerebral cortex?
What are the Occipital, Frontal, Parietal and Temporal?
Tubes that extend from the lungs upward to the trachea. They are composed of cartilaginous rings bound together by fibroelastic tissue
What is the Vocalis muscle?
(or body, which provides stability and mass to the vocal fold)
What is the large area of the tongue that lies in contact with both the hard and soft palates. This is the area of the tongue that is visible upon protrusion.
What is the Dorsum?
What are the two important neurotransmitters in the motor system?
What is the name of cranial nerve IX?
What is the Glossopharyngeal nerve?
What is the parietal lobe?
This 11 paired structure raises the ribs up and out to increase the diameter of the thoracic cavity for inhalation
What is the theory that states the vocal folds vibrate because of the forces and pressure of air and the elasticity of the vocal folds.
What is the Myoelastic-areodynamic theory?
This theory depicts the vocal tract as a series of linked tubes: the oral cavity, or mouth; the pharynx; and the nasal cavity.
What is the Source-filter theory?
The most common type of neuron in the nervous system, link neurons with other neurons and, therefore, plan an important role in controlling movement.
What are Interneurons?
What controls and regulates the internal environment of our bodies with its two branches: the sympathetic and the parasympathetic.
What is the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)?
What system, consisting of the corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts, is primarily responsible for facilitating voluntary movements of muscles, including speech muscles.
What is the Pyramidal System?
When there is excess amount of carbon dioxide in the blood cells ( in which more oxygen is needed), what structure in the brainstem fires to activate the respiratory muscles.
What is the Medulla Oblongata?
These muscles are primarily responsible for controlling sound production. They consist of the thyroarytenoid, lateral cricoarytenoid, transverse arytenoid, oblique arytenoid, circothyroid, and posterior circoarytenoid. What is the group name for these muscles?
What are the intrinsic laryngeal muscles?
What muscle is the primary elevator of the velum and what two cranial nerves are involved?
What is the Levator Veli Palatini (X, XI)?
What is the Purkinjie Cell?
What branch of the ANS might make a stutter become more dysfluent when activated?
What is the Sympathetic Branch? page 41 in book
What is a sequence of anastomoses (connections between arteries), is formed at the base of the brain where the two carotid and the two vertebral arteries join.
What is the circle of Willis?