Anatomy of Speech Production

Question 1

What are the lips made of?

Answer 1

Tissue, blood vessels, glands, nerves and muscle.

Question 2

Lower lip is more or less mobile than upper lip?

Answer 2

More mobile

Question 3

What is the philtrum?

Answer 3

The vertical groove on upper lip.

Question 4

What are the different positions of the lips?

Answer 4

• Close rounding (too)
• Open rounding (caught)
• Spreading (keep)
• Neutral (butter)

Question 5

What is the velopharyngeal port?

Answer 5

The gap between the oral and nasal cavity. Closes during speech (except nasal sounds).

Question 6

What is the fastest of all the articulators?

Answer 6

The tip of the tongue

Question 7

What attaches the tongue to the mouth?

Answer 7

The frenulum

Question 8

What are the two main parts of the tongue?

Answer 8

Oral and pharyngeal

Question 9

What are the 4 parts of the tongue?

Answer 9

Tongue tip- apex (apical)
Tongue blade- lamina (laminar)
Tongue body- dorsum (dorsal)
Tongue root- pharyngeal part

Question 10

What is the medical name for the jaw?

Answer 10

The mandible

Question 11

Where is it joined to the skull/

Answer 11

Temporomandibular joint

Question 12

What is the purpose of the mandible?

Answer 12

Contributes to movement of the tongue and lower tip.