Midterm: questions he gave us in polls Flashcards
What increases voice intensity?
a. Increasing VP opening
b. Increasing Subglottal pressure
c. Increasing Supra-glottal pressure
d. Decreasing Subglottal pressure
b-increasing subglottal pressure
Which speech disorder is NOT related to the larynx
a. Spasmodic Dysphonia
b. Alaryngeal speech
c. Apraxia
d. Stuttering
c. Apraxia
If someone phonating a steady tone and is gently pushed on their stomach, what happens
a. Tone gets louder
b. Pitch increases
c. Pitch decreases
d. Decreases Subglottal pressure
e. Both A and B
e. both a and b:
tone gets louder, pitch increases
Pitch can be altered by activating the _____________ muscles to tense the VFs longitudinally and to lessen the mass (thinner):
a. Cricothyroid
b. Lateral Cricoarytenoid
c. Oblique Arytenoid
d. Transverse Arytenoid
e. Interarytenoid
a. Cricothyroid
The ___________ muscle is the primary vocal fold adductor (closer)
a. Cricothyroid
b. Lateral Cricoarytenoid
c. Oblique Arytenoid
d. Transverse Arytenoid
e. Interarytenoid
e. interarytenoid
The ____________ muscle is the sole vocal fold abductor (opener).
a. Cricothyroid
b. Lateral Cricoarytenoid
c. posterior cricoarytenoid
d. Transverse Arytenoid
e. Interarytenoid
c. posterior cricoarytenoid
A flexible cartilage that covers larynx during swallow:
a. Epiglottis
b. Arytenoid
c. Cricoid
d. Hyoid
a. Epiglottis
The greater the length and size, the _________ the f0, the ________ the perceived pitch.
a. Lower, Higher
b. Lower, Lower
c. Higher, Lower
d. None of the above
b. Lower, Lower
Which are true about muscle activation for speech:
a. The respiratory system maintains fairly constant pressure during speech
b. The balance between inspiratory and expiratory muscle action changes continuously
c. During breathing, both inspiratory and expiratory muscles are active most of the time
d. Small variations in pressure occur to change intensity, like in stressed syllables.
e. All are true
e. all are true
The amount of air exchanged (in and out) during a cycle of quiet breathing:
a. Residual volume
b. Tidal volume
c. Vital Capacity
d. Respiratory volume
b. Tidal volume
Air rushes out of lungs due to what passive forces:
a. Gravity
b. The force of the untwisting/detorque of the cartilages next to the sternum
c. Elastic recoil of the lungs and rib cage
d. All of the above
d. all of the above
Internal intercostal muscles:
a. Deep to external intercostals
b. Run downward away from sternum
c. Connect both osseous and cartilaginous portions of ribs
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
d. all of the above
If you get a sealed one liter bottle that is full of air and squeeze it down to half its size (1/2 liter), how much air is in it now?
a. One liter
b. Half of a liter
a. One liter
An _________________ occurs when a neuron sends information down an axon, away from the cell body.
a. Action Potential
b. Synapse
c. Negative charge
d. Resting Potentia
a. Action Potential
Can frequency remain the same while amplitude changes?
a. Yes: amplitude of the wave will be greater but same cps.
b. No: frequency will drop when amplitude drops
a. Yes
