Clinical Importance
The bumpy ridge behind your teeth where your tongue touches to make certain speech sounds
What is the alveolar process?
12 cranial nerves and 31 spinal nerves
What is the peripheral nervous system?
Space between the vocal folds
What is the glottis?
Moves down when you breathe in
What is the diaphragm?
1. The stable end of a muscle, the moving end of a muscle
2. The distance between origin and insertion during contraction
1. What is the origin and insertion?
2. What is decreases?
Protects airway during swallowing
What is the epiglottis?
The brain area for speech planning
What is Broca’s area?
Increasing tension and length of the vocal fold raises this
What is pitch?
Air amount in one normal breath
What is tidal volume?
Muscle that raises pitch
What is the cricothyroid?
Marker used in swallow studies for aspiration
What is the thyroid notch?
Controls basic life functions like breathing
What is the brainstem?
More pressure below the vocal folds increases this
What is loudness?
The upper respiratory tract
What is oral, nasal, and pharyngeal cavities?
Muscle that lowers pitch
What is the thyromuscularis?
Marker used in head and neck X-rays
What is the posterior nasal spine?
The brain area for understanding language
What is Wernicke’s area?
Vocal folds close before air comes from the lungs
What is a glottal attack?
Exhalation is passive during this
What is rest breathing?
Muscles that close the vocal folds
What are the lateral cricoarytenoid and interarytenoid?
Individual who exhibits bad posture leading to reduced respiratory support for speech
What is Parkinson's disease?
Cranial nerve that is responsible for velar, pharyngeal, and laryngeal motor and sensory control
What is CN X (vagus)?
Nonbiological function of the larynx
phonation
Both inhalation and exhalation muscles are active
What is speech breathing?
Muscle that opens the vocal folds
What is the posterior cricoarytenoid?