Articulatory/resonance Structures W8

Question 1

vocal tract

Answer 1

supra laryngeal system consists of a series of cavities, muscles, bones, teeth from the larynx to the lips

Question 2

identify parts of the vocal tract

Answer 2

oral cavity, nasal cavity, pahryngeal cavity

Question 3

identify the parts of the oral cavity

Answer 3

Question 4

movable vs fixed parts of oral cavity

Answer 4

movable: tongue, mandible, velum, lips
fixed: teeth, alveolar ridge, hard palate

Question 5

lips

Answer 5

philtrum

vermillion zone - border

cupids bow

Question 6

teeth

Answer 6

2 sets of teeth - 20 in childhood deciduous teeth, 32 in adulthood permanent teeth

4 types of teeth, incisors - chisel, cuspids - canine, premolars - flat, molars - flat

Question 7

teeth alignment

Answer 7

occlusion or malocclusion

Question 8

tongue

Answer 8

muscular hydrostat

dorsum

body

root

blade

apex

lingual frenulum

lingual septum

longitudinal median sulcus

Question 9

mandible

Answer 9

articulates with the temporal bone of the skull

TMJ - condular process of mandible and mandibular fossa of temporal bone separated by fibrocartilage

articulation is held in place by ligaments

allows vertical, anteroposterior, and lateral movement

Question 10

faucial pillars

Answer 10

anterior - palatoglosses

posterior - palatopharyngeus

Question 11

velopharyngeal port

Answer 11

space between the velum and the posterior pharyngeal wall

regulates communication between oral and nasal cavities

velum approximates ppw, port is closed - levator veli palatini, superior pharyngeal constrictor, musculus uvulae

velum and PPW are separated, port is open - palatopharyngeus, palatoglossus, tensor veli palatini