An example of an acquired and a developmental disorder of the outer ear.
What is:
Acquired: Foreign Object, Impacted Earwax
Developmental: Microtia, Atresisa, Stenosis
100
Another name for the Adam's apple.
What is the laryngeal (thyroid) prominence.
100
Largest cartilage in the laryngeal system
What is the thyroid cartilage.
100
The secondary goal of the respiratory system
What is to provide a power source (air) to set vocal folds into vibration
100
Examples of the moveable articulators
What is the tongue, lips, jaw, velum and pharynx.
200
Sensorineural Hearing Loss caused by loss of hair cells during the natural aging process.
What is Presbycusis
200
Primary goal(s) of the laryngeal system.
What is: To protect against foreign objects entering the trachea and lungs. Also, is a valving system that closes the airway during physical exertion (heavy lifting, childbirth, bathroom).
200
Cartilaginous tube that sits below the larynx
What is the trachea
200
The principal muscle of inspiration.
What is diaphragm
200
The 3 cavities that make up the articulatory/resonating system.
What is the oral cavity, nasal cavity, pharyngeal cavity (vocal tract).
300
Function(s) of the inner ear.
What is balance and hearing.
300
Example of a disorder of the laryngeal system.
What is: Vocal fold paralysis, cancer of the throat, laryngitis, etc.
300
Position of the vocal folds during phonation.
What is adducted vocal folds
300
May be at risk for more upper respiratory infections, may exacerbate asthma, and/or may have enlarged adenoids/tonsils.
What is concerns of a person that is a mouth breather.
300
The secondary function of the articulatory system.
What is to shape and filter sounds.
400
The most common cause of hearing loss in the middle ear.
What is otitis media?
400
The cartilage that directs food away from the lungs towards the stomach.
What is the epiglottis.
400
Where the vocal folds are attached.
What is they are attached in the front of the larynx at a point inside the thyroid cartilage (just below the Adam's apple) and attached at the back of the larynx to the arytenoid cartilages.
400
Disorder that may impact the respiratory system.
What is COPD, smoking, Parkinson's disease, some medications, anxiety, Emphasema, Asthma, Bronchitis...to name a few.
400
The very tip of the soft palate.
What is the uvula
500
The three functions of earwax
What is: insecticide, lubricant for skin in ear canal, and keeps infections at bay
500
The cartilages that make up the laryngeal system.
What is the thyroid cartilage, cricoid cartilage, arytenoid cartilages and the epiglottis.
500
Strategy approach used in therapy to increase breath support.
What is diaphragmatic breathing
500
Quiet breathing and speech breathing.
What is breathing used to sustain life with equal inhale/exhale time and diaphragm produces rapid, forceful inspirations with shorter period of time inhaling compared to time spent exhaling
500
The function of the velum (soft palate).
What is to close off the oral and nasal cavity by articulating with the back of the pharynx.