Breathing Flashcards
How many thoracic vertebrae are there?
12
What is clavicular breathing?
Lifting ribs up but not outwards so shoulders raise happens when you are tense
Where are the abdominals and what do they help with
Found in abdomen and help the movement of diagphram
Breathing in
Lungs expand and air rushes in to fill the space as muscles contract they pull the diagram down. Intercostal muscles contract
Breathing out
Diagram and rib cage return to normal shape as muscles relax
Voice production
An intention to sing/ to speak
Impulse from brain
2 elements
Two elements of voice
A flow of air
Vibration
Flow of air
Air in via mouth or nose
Down the trachea
To lungs
Drawn in as diagram flattens
Vibration
Larynx voice box found in upper trachea
Contains vocal chords
When air from lungs blows through the folds at high speed the chords vibrate
Creates sound
Vibrate quickly
Pharynx
Long muscular tube opens at the back of the oral and nasal cavities - top part of oesopgogeus
Resonating space
Can change shape and size- affects quality of sound
Increases when yawns
Mouth
Oral resonator
Lower jaw
Lips
Tongue
Shape constanants
Vowels flow through
Nose
Nasal resonator
Nasal cavity
Soft and hard palette
When breathe naturally
Soft palette relaxes
Drops down mouth
Resonance
Amplification of sound from vibration
Mouth
Nasal
Pharynx
Vocal resonance
Amplication of sound as the pass through the hollow spaces of pharynx
