Definitions, Vocal Tract, and Articulators

Question 1

Speech Definition of Articulation

Answer 1

• Process of bringing mobile and immobile articulators into contact to shape the sounds of speech

Question 2

Anatomy Definition of Articulation

Answer 2

• To connect or joint together

Question 3

Deglutition is

Answer 3

• Swallowing

Question 4

Mastication is

Answer 4

• Chewing

Question 5

List the parts of the Vocal tract.

Answer 5

• Pharynx
• Nasal cavity
• Oral cavity

Question 6

List the Mobile Articulators

Answer 6

• Lips
• Tongue
• Mandible
• Soft palate
• Pharynx
• Cheeks
• Fauces
  (maybe add diagram from lecture)

Question 7

What is another name for the soft palate?

Answer 7

• Velum (insert image)

Question 8

What is another name for the Fauces?

Answer 8

• Faucial pillars

Question 9

List the Immobile Articulators.

Answer 9

• Alveolar ridge of maxillae
• Hard palate
• Teeth

Question 10

What makes up the hard palate?

Answer 10

• Palatine processes of the maxilla
• Horizontal plates of the palatine bones