Consonant or Vowel
Anatomy
Physiology
Say It in IPA
Famous Voices
100

This consonant is a BILABIAL, VOICELESS STOP

/p/

100

The "voicebox"

Larynx

100

The diaphragm pulling downward is the start of this process

Inspiration/Inhalation

100

/bebi/

BABY

100

Tiger Woods wrote to a boy who was struggling with stuttering and expressed his empathy that he too had to deal with it as a child.  Stuttering affects speech and what other system involved in speech.

Respiration

Articulation

Phonation

200

Give a word using the CVC sequence for the FRONT vowel /e/.

bake

paid

shade

200

The "windpipe"

Trachea

200

Elongation and tension of the vocal cords results in faster vibration which gives this type of pitch.

higher frequency pitch

higher pitch

200

/gres/

GRACE

200

Mariah Carey has been known to have one of the best vocal ranges of any singer.  If she wanted to hit the low notes, her vocal cords would do this.

Shorten and thicken

300

Name the place of articulation for the phonemes /t/ and /d/

Alveolar 

300

This cartilage protects your larynx.

Thyroid

300

Someone undergoing a dental procedure where they receive a nerve block will most likely have difficulty moving this articulator.

Tongue

300

/spes/

SPACE

300

Martin Luther King gave the "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in March 1963.  What systems would be affected if the temperature were as cold as it is in January?

Respiration

Phonation

400

Pronounce the sound transcribed below:

/ae/

a as in cat

400

The area located behind the tongue above the larynx and opening to the trachea.

Pharynx

Pharyngeal area

400

This term refers to the system that is involved in the production of voice through the vocal cords.

Phonation

400

/tini/

TEENIE

400

Lou Gehrig gave his famous speech in Yankee Stadium saying "I am the luckiest man in the world." He was saying farewell to baseball, because he suffered from this disease.

ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

500

These two terms describe vowels and define the status of the muscles when producing vowels.

Tense and lax

500

This closes over your trachea when swallowing.

Epiglottis

500

The failure for this to close during swallowing results in food or drink going down "the wrong pipe".

Epiglottis

500

/wi wIl wIn/

We will win!

500

Everything you say is now being spoken through a mask due to COVID 19.  What system do you need to pay attention to so that you are intelligible through the mask?

Articulation