Cartilages & Ligaments
True or False?
Phonation
Laryngeal Elevator or Depressor?
Labeling
100

This is the articulation formed between the cricoid and arytenoid cartilages.

What is the cricoarytenoid joint?

100

The cuneiform cartilages rest inside the aryepiglottic folds.

True

100

An increase in vocal fold tension is related to an increase in this psychological correlate of frequency. 

What is pitch?

100

Mylohyoid

Elevator

100

Structure 9

What is the thyroid cartilage?

200

The thyroid cartilage has two sets of horn-like extensions, also known as this. 


What are the cornu?

or 

What are the inferior and posterior cornu? 

200

The sternohyoid muscle is a laryngeal depressor with two bellies (a superior and inferior belly).

False

This question describes the omohyoid.

200

In this type of vocal attack, onset of airflow comes before adduction (coming together) of the vocal folds

What is breathy vocal attack?

200

Geniohyoid

Elevator


200

Structure 10

What is the cricoid cartilage?

300

This sinus is a small indentation between the aryepiglottic fold and thyroid cartilage. 

What is the pyriform sinus?

300

The stylohyoid muscle elevates the larynx and retracts the hyoid bone.

True

300

This is the frequency of vibration that is most efficient for a person's vocal folds. It depends on gender and age. 

What is optimal pitch?

300

Digastricus

Elevator

300

Yellow structure

What is the transverse arytenoid?

400

The epiglottis is attached to the hyoid bone by this ligament.

What is the hyo-epiglottic ligament?

400

In the associated chain theory, a master control mechanism tells muscles when exactly to move.

False

This question describes the central control theory.

400

This muscle is the primary tensor of the vocal folds.

What is the cricothyroid?

400


Sternohyoid

Depressor

400

Dark blue structure on bottom

What are the posterior cricoarytenoids?

500

The arytenoid cartilage rock back and forth, which allows the vocal folds to do this:


What is approximate/make contact?

500

Children's voices usually have a fundamental frequency of between 80-140 Hz. 

False

Male voices: 80-140 Hz

Children's voices: 295-400 Hz 

500

These two structures make up the thyroarytenoid muscle (the bulk of the vocal folds).

What is the thyrovocalis and the thyromuscularis?

500

Hyoglossus (in green)

Elevator 

(laryngeal elevator, but lingual depressor)

500

Brown structure

What are the oblique arytenoids?

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