Articulation and Resonance Systems (Class #15) Flashcards
1
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What is articulation?
A
The shaping of phonation into speech sounds through the actions of the organs of articulation
2
Q
The organs of articulation
A
- Mobile articulators: tongue, lips, mandible, velum, pharynx
- Immobile articulators: hard palate, alveolar ridge, teeth
3
Q
Tongue
A
- epithelial tissue, connective tissue
- useful for talking, swallowing
4
Q
What is resonance?
A
The adding of the tonal qualities to phonation through the influence of cavities (chambers)
5
Q
What are the resonance chambers?
A
- Nasal cavity
- Oral cavity
- Pharyngeal cavity
6
Q
Important valves
A
- Lips
- Velum
- Larynx
- Upper Esophageal Segment (not a valve for speech)
7
Q
Pharyngeal cavity
A
- Nasopharynx
- oropharynx
- laryngopharynx
8
Q
Bones of the skull
A
- Frontal bone
- Temporal bone
- Parietal bone
- Sphenoid bone
- Occipital bone
- Maxilla
- Vomer
- Nasal bone
- Mandible
- Zygomatic bone
9
Q
Sutures in the skull
A
- Squamosal suture
- Coronal suture
- Lambdoidal suture
- Sagittal suture
10
Q
Nasal Septum
A
- Ethnoid
- Vomer
- Nasal bone
- Palatine
- Palatine process of maxilla
- Cartilage
