Horizontal adductor that pulls the arytenoids toward each other
Transverse interarytenoid
Name the two "heads" of the Cricothyroid muscle
Pars Recta and Pars Oblique
Group of muscles that run inferior to the hyoid and result in hyolaryngeal depression
Infrahyoids
Muscle that elevates and retracts the hyoid (not the digastric)
Stylohyoid
Perceptual correlate of amplitude
Loudness/Intensity
Strongest adductor of the vocal folds
Lateral Cricoarytenoid
All of the intrinsic muscles except one are innervated by this branch of the Vagus nerve
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
Group of muscles that run superior to the hyoid and result in hyolaryngeal elevation
Suprahyoids
Which way does the Mylohyoid pull the hyoid bone?
Up and forward
Are men's and women's vocal frequencies most similar in childhood, middle age, or old age?
Childhood
X-shaped vocal fold adductor
Oblique interarytenoid
The only intrinsic muscle innervated by the superior laryngeal nerve
Cricothyroid
"Two-bellied" muscle that runs from the mastoid process of the temporal bone to the mandible
Digastric
Muscle with origin on the sternum that depresses the hyoid
Sternohyoid
Perceptual correlate of frequency
Pitch
Sole abductor of the vocal folds
Posterior Cricoarytenoid
This head of the cricothyroid rocks the thyroid down, lengthening the vocal folds
Pars Recta
What does "omo" mean?
Shoulder
Muscle that elevates the hyoid if the hyoid is unfixed, or depresses the tongue if the hyoid is fixed
Hyoglossus
Name 2 non-voice functions of the vocal folds
Cough, clear throat, protect airway when swallowing, valsalva
Primary vocal fold lengthener
Cricothyroid
If your recurrent laryngeal nerve is damaged during heart surgery, are you more likely to have difficulty lowering the pitch of your voice or raising it?
lowering it
Which muscle pulls the hyoid "toward the chin"?
Geniohyoid
Which part of the inferior constrictor muscle is thought to play a role in laryngeal elevation?
Thyropharyngeus
Term for "rough" sounding vocal register, like totally
Glottal fry