Organs Of Speech

Question 1

Speech is _____ at the _____ area and _____ at ______ area

Answer 1

• Initiated, Broca’s
• Interpreted, Wernicke’s

Question 2

The brain ____ the other organs of speech.

Answer 2

Instructs

Question 3

Oral Cavity

Answer 3

Lip to Uvula and Tongue

Question 4

The tongue is the _____ organ of speech.

Answer 4

Single most important

Question 5

All the sounds of English except _____ are produced by the
movement of a part of the tongue within the oral cavity.

Answer 5

[h]

Question 6

Tip, ____, front, _____, back, _____

Answer 6

Blade, centre, root

Question 7

The larynx is referred to as the

Answer 7

Voice box

Question 8

The other important parts of speech are the

Answer 8

larynx and the lungs

Question 9

The larynx is composed of _____ cartilages, ______, _______, and _______

Answer 9

Three; thyroid, cricoid, arytenoid

Question 10

The thyroid cartilage causes a protrusion that can be felt

Answer 10

Under the jaw

Question 11

The thyroid cartilage

Answer 11

constitutes the anterior portion of the larynx

Question 12

A pair of arytenoid cartilages

Answer 12

Constitute the posterior part of the larynx

Question 13

The cricoid cartilage

Answer 13

Forms the base of the larynx

Question 14

The vocal cords are attached

Answer 14

To the centre of the larynx

Question 15

Larynx is referred to as voice box because

Answer 15

It houses the vocal chords

Question 16

The vocal chords

Answer 16

Vibrate to generate sound waves

Question 17

When the arytenoid cartilages come together, the vocal chords are

Answer 17

Adducted

Question 18

When the arytenoid cartilages are apart, the vocal chords are

Answer 18

Abducted

Question 19

Voicing

Answer 19

Repeated adduction and abduction of the vocal chords

Question 20

Adduction and abduction

Answer 20

Coming together and Going apart

Question 21

Lungs are responsible for

Answer 21

The flow of air necessary for speech

Question 22

The vocal
cords can vibrate only as a result of ______

Answer 22

the force of air exiting the lungs

Question 23

Speech cannot be produced without

Answer 23

the vibration of the vocal cords.

Question 24

The medium by which vocal cord vibrations are transported from the
mouth of the speaker to the ears of the listener

Answer 24

Air

Question 25

The flow of air emitting from the lungs

Answer 25

Pulmonic Egressive Airstream

Question 26

The brain, as the initiator of human speech, instructs the other organs

Answer 26

to adopt different shapes