The Larynx
Tone Production
Breathing
Labeling Pt. 1
Labeling Pt. 3
100

What houses the vocal folds?

The Larynx

100

At rest, the diaphragm sits in what position?

An elevated dome shape

100

What is another name for the soft palate?

Velum

100

Identify B.

True vocal folds

100

Identify A.

False vocal folds

200

What is the space between the vocal folds called?

Glottis

200

What are the 3 types of onset/offset?

Aspirate, Glottal, Coordinated

200

______ connects the larynx to the bronchial tubes?

Trachea

200

Identify C.

Glottis

200

Identify 2.

Epiglottis

300

What is the purpose of the extrinsic laryngeal muscles?

Positioning of the laryngeal framework

300

What nerve is responsible for innervation of the thyroarytenoid muscle?

Recurrent laryngeal nerve

300

What is the purpose of the intrinsic laryngeal muscles?

Control of sound production

300

Identify 8.

Thyroid Cartilage

300

Identify 7.

Trachea

400

What is the only floating bone in the body?

Hyoid Bone

400

______ onset occurs when air pressure builds up below strongly adducted vocal folds  and explodes them apart upon initiating sound.

Glottal Onset

400

What muscle is responsible for our low notes, and why?

Thy thryroarytenoid muscle shortens and thickens the vocal folds to create our low notes

400

Identify 1.

Hyoid Bone

400

Identify 6.

Cricoid Cartilage

500

What muscle is the only muscle responsible for vocal fold abduction?

Posterior cricoarytenoid

500

_____ onset occurs anytime someone uses an "h" to initiate a tone.

Aspirate 

500

Name one perceptual voice characteristic of vocal fold paralysis of the extrinsic superior laryngeal nerve.

Inability to approximate high notes due to an inability to engage the cricothyroid muscle 

500

Identify 4.

Arytenoid Cartilage

500

Name the leaf-shaped cartilage that folds over the vocal folds during swallowing to keep foreign matter out of lungs?

Epiglottis