All About Articulators
Big Brain
Deep Breath...
Sounds in Communication
Cranial Nerves
100

Name 2 of the articulators we use for speech.

Lips, mandible, palate, tongue, teeth

100
This half of the brain is responsible for language. 

Left hemisphere 

(Left = Language) 

100

What is it called when the lungs get bigger and air rushes in

Inhalation; there is a contraction of inhalation muscles to cause this

100

______ frequency sounds have shorter wavelengths 

______ frequency sounds have longer wavelengths

Higher 

Lower

100

T or F: The facial muscle controls the movement of our ears and sensation of our hard palate. 

False; movement of facial muscles and sensation from the tongue/velum

200

This articulator changes the overall speech sound by its position and is responsible for most of our consonant sounds. 

Tongue

200

Central localization means...

certain regions of the brain are necessary for a particular skill or function

200

For our voice, we operate with something called the Source-Filter Theory. What is our source? What is the filter?

Source = larynx (vocal folds)

Filter = oral and nasal cavities 

Can think of a guitar, the strums are the source and the filter is the drum of the guitar

200

T of F: Frequency is related to loudness; intensity is related to pitch 

False; frequency = pitch, intensity = loudness 

200
This cranial nerve controls movement of larynx, pharynx, velum, and diaphragm 

Vagus (X)


300

This is a place of articulation that sits just behind the upper row of teeth. It is used for the tongue to rest during some consonant sounds 

Alveolar ridge 

300

This area of the brain (when damaged) effects expressive speech. It was named after a man who couldn't express himself but was cognitively intact and could understand language. 

Broca's Area 

300

This is the most vital function of the pharynx

Passage of air and food through system

300

There are 3 ways that consonants are characterized, what are they?

Place: where the sound is produced (e.g. lips, velum, lips+teeth) 

Manner: how the sound is produced (e.g. stops, fricative, affricate) 

Voicing: if the vocal folds are being used 

300

This cranial nerve controls the movement of the tongue and supralaryngeal muscles 

Hypoglossal (XII)

400

This term means there is too much air going through the nasal cavity during speech; the velum is down

Hypernasality 

400

The Central Nervous System includes the brain and spinal cord and the Peripheral Nervous System includes...

spinal (peripheral sensory nerves) and cranial nerves (motor nerves)  

400

The function of abductor muscles in the larynx

pulls the vocal folds away from midline 

(adductor = add or bring together; abductor - bring away) 

400

Why do SLP's need to use something like IPA when working with clients who have disordered speech?

Short answer: English is the worst 

-Letters can correlate to more than one sound (the "c" in cat vs city)

-2-3 letters can make one sound ("th", "sh", "ng", "tch")

-The same sound can be written in different ways ("f" and "ph")

-Silent letters (knee, mnemonic, weight)

400

What is the function of the glossopharyngeal nerve?

Movement of pharynx and sensation from the back part of the tongue and pharynx

500
If someone is hyponasal, they sound like they have a cold, what position is the velum in? 
Velum is up and stays that way
500

Name the function of each lobe of the brain. 

Frontal - sends neural commands and controls cognitive functions like attention, impulse control, and judgement

Parietal - cognitive functions (primary sensory cortex)

Temporal - primary auditory cortex; important for language comprehension and memory 

Occipital - send/receive visual information 

500

________ is produced by subglottal air pressure and that pressure can be raised by increasing muscular force that holds the vocal folds together or increasing air pressure from the lungs.

Intensity or loudness 

500

What sound(s) are shown: 

/ŋ/, /e/, /ʒ/

ŋ: "ng" like the end of "ring"  

e: "a" like in "cake"  

ʒ: "z" like in "measure"

500

There are 6 cranial nerves that were highlighted in this lesson (and some in this game), what are they? 

Trigeminal (V), facial (VII), auditory (VIII), glossopharyngeal (IX), vagus (X), hypoglossal (XII)

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