3.01 - Phonation A Flashcards
What is the Power Source for speech?
Respiratory System
What is the Sound Source for speech?
Phonatory System
What is the Sound Shaper for speech?
Articulatory System
The Vocal Folds are ________, ______ structures.
Muscular
Vibrating
What is Phonation?
The generation of a voiced sound by the vibration of the vocal folds
What is the Glottis?
The space between the vocal folds
What is Abduction?
(2)
Moving away from the midline
The glottis is open
What is Adduction?
(2)
Moving towards the midline
The glottis is closed
What is Cartilage?
Nonvascular connective tissue
Cartilage is _____ and ______ than bone.
Softer
More flexible
Anterior refers to the ______.
Front
Posterior refers to the ______.
Back
Lateral refers to the ______.
Side
Oblique refers to ______.
Another word for Oblique is ______.
Being angled
Diagonal
Midsagittal refers to ______.
Being divided in two at the middle
Intrinsic refers to ______.
Being fully within
Extrinsic refers to ______.
Starting at one end and courses outward
What are the Mucosa?
The covering of the oral cavity, nasal cavity, lungs, digestive tract, etc.
The Larynx is a valve that __________, ___________, and __________.
Protects the lower airway
Forcefully expels foreign material (cough)
Is a thoracic fixation (holds air in the chest cavity like when you lift something heavy)
The Larynx produces phonation for ______, ______, ______, ______, etc.
Speech
Laughing
Crying
Singing
Vocal fold vibration produces a ______ which is a buzz that varies in ______, _______, and _______.
Glottal tone
Pitch
Loudness
Quality
Which is the longest cartilage in the Larynx?
Thyroid
The Thyroid Cartilage is _____ in the front and sits on top of the __________.
Broadest
Cricoid Cartilage
The sides of the Thyroid Cartilage is called the ______.
Lamina
The Notch of the Thyroid Cartilage is lowest at the ______.
Prominence
What is at the front of the Thyroid Cartilage?
Prominence
The Thyroid Cartilage has two sets of _____.
Horns
What are the upper horns of the Thyroid Cartilage called?
Superior Cornu
What are the lower horns of the Thyroid Cartilage called?
Inferior Cornu
A facet is where _______.
Something else connects
What is underneath the Thyroid Cartilage’s Prominence?
Angle
What are the five cartilages of the Larynx?
What bone is included?
Thyroid Cartilage
Cricoid Cartilage
Arytenoid Cartilage
Corniculate Cartilage
Epiglottis
Hyoid Bone
Is the Epiglottis a cartilage?
Yes
The Hyoid Bone is shaped like a ______ with the open part in the ______.
Horseshoe
Back
What are the Large Horns of the Hyoid Bone called?
Greater cornua
What are the Inner Horns of the Hyoid Bone called?
Lesser cornua
What is the bulk of the Hyoid called?
Body
The horns of the Hyoid bone are attachments for the ______.
Muscles
The Cricoid Cartilage is at the base of the ______ and on top of the _______.
Larynx
Trachea
The wider/broader part of the Cricoid Cartilage is in the _____.
What is it called?
Back
Lamina
The narrower, skinner part of the Cricoid Cartilage is in the _____.
What is it called?
Front
Anterior Arch
The UPPER facet of the Cricoid Cartilage is for the ______.
Artynoid Cartilage
The LOWER facet of the Cricoid Cartilage is for the ______.
Thyroid Cartilage
How many Arytenoid Cartilages are there?
Two
What sits on top of the Arytenoid Cartilages?
Corniculate Cartilages
The top area of the Arytenoid Cartilage is called the _________. What attaches here?
Apex
Corniculate cartilages
The lower point of the Arytenoid Cartilage is called the _______. What attaches here?
Vocal process
Thyroarytenoids
What is the heel of the Arytenoid Cartilage called? What attaches here?
Muscular process
Abduction/Adductions muscles
The Cuneiform Cartilage is embedded __________________.
In the Aryepiglottic Folds (in the back of the larynx)