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The Larynx
The Vocal Folds
Healthy Singing
Voice Disorders
Facts You Need to Know
100
The part of the larynx that is attached to the Adam's Apple Thyroid Cartilage
What is the Thyroid Cartilage?
100
The vocal folds are closed when you are doing this
What is speaking or singing?
100
Screaming, yelling or making sounds that hurt are all examples of this
What is vocal abuse?
100
A voice disorder which occurs from allergies, tobacco use and overuse
What is Laryngitis?
100
Fill in the blank: The larger the instrument, the ________________ its sound.
What is lower?
200
The tounge-like structure that protects the vocal folds while eating
What is the Epiglottis?
200
Behind the Adam's Apple above the trachea
What is the location of the vocal folds?
200
Standing up tall, knees relaxed, shoulders back, and hands at your side are all elements of this healthy singing habit.
What is posture?
200
A vocal disorder is caused by hard glottal onsets, poor breath support and poor vocal technique
What is Muscle Tension Dysphonia?
200
The nasal cavities are connected to the ______________.
What is the throat?
300
The bone at the top of the larynx next to the epiglottis
What is the Hyoid Bone ?
300
Women's vocal folds are the size of this piece of money.
What is a dime?
300
A healthy vocal habit that involves deep breathing and an engaged core.
What is breath support?
300
A vocal disorder characterized by a lesion on one of the vocal folds that is usually filed with blood or gelatinous mater
What are Vocal Fold Polyps?
300
The smaller the instrument, the _____________________ its sound.
What is higher?
400
The name of the cartilage at the bottom of the larynx that moves so we can produce high pitches
What the Cricoid Cartilage?
400
The term used to describe the movement of the vocal folds while talking or singing
What is Oscillation?
400
Needed in order to correctly sing diction such as tall vowels and crisp consonants
What is a relaxed jaw/tall soft palette?
400
Callous-like lesions that form along the vibrating margins of the vocal folds that usually occur in females
What are Vocal Fold Nodules?
400
Located in front of the vocal folds, this is a shield like cartilage that protects the vocal folds
What is the Adam's Apple?
500
The structure that the larynx attached to also known as the wind pipe
What is the trachea?
500
The color of healthy vocal folds
What is white?
500
Not starting pitches with a glottal or aspirate
What are balanced onsets?
500
A voice disorder that occurs when one or more blood vessels burst inside one of the vocal folds
What is a Vocal Fold Hemorrhage?
500
The name of the pyramid shaped structures that are attached to the vocal fold
What are the Arytenoids?