Chapter 4

Question 1

Speech sounds that are produced without the vocal folds

Answer 1

Voiceless

Question 2

Speech sounds that are produced with the vocal folds

Answer 2

Voiced

Question 3

The product of vibrating vocal folds

Answer 3

Phonation

Question 4

Space between the vocal folds

Answer 4

Glottis

Question 5

Membrane that covers the medial-most surface of the larynx

Answer 5

Mucous membrane

Question 6

What 3 things cover the space between the hyoid bone and the thyroid?

Answer 6

Thyrohyoid membrane, lateral thyrohyoid ligament, median thyrohyoid ligament

Question 7

What 2 ligaments attach the epiglottis to the corpus hyoid and the inner thyroid cartilage?

Answer 7

Hyoepiglottic and thyroepiglottic ligaments

Question 8

Attaches trachea to larynx

Answer 8

Cricotracheal ligament

Question 9

Which laryngeal cartilages are unpaired?

Answer 9

Cricoid, thyroid

Question 10

What is the main purpose of the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle?

Answer 10

Abduct the vocal folds

Question 11

production of voice through action of the vocal folds in relation to the air stream

Answer 11

Phonation

Question 12

What is the sound source for voiced speech?

Answer 12

Vocal folds

Question 13

Given a constant volume flow, there will be a decrease in pressure perpendicular to the flow (on the wall) and increase in velocity at a point of constriction in the flow

Answer 13

Bernoulli effect

Question 14

What are some examples of the Bernoulli effect?

Answer 14

Baseball, airplane, flag on a flagpole, car and passing truck

Question 15

Where is the vocal mechanism housed in?

Answer 15

Larynx

Question 16

What are the functions of the larynx?

Answer 16

lifting, getting rid of foreign objects, defecations, birth, sound source for voiced speech