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Phonetics- Ch 3 Flashcards

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Thoracic cavity

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Chest cavity; during inhalation it expands in order to make room for the expansion of the lungs; part of the human body between the head/neck and the abdomen

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Diaphragm

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Major muscle that separates the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity; it lowers during inhalation

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External intercostal muscles

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Muscles located between the ribs that aid in inhalation; superficial to the internal intercostals

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Sternum

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The breast bone

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Negative pressure

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As the lungs expand, the pressure in the lungs becomes less than the air pressure in the environment; a drop in air pressure

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Internal intercostal muscles

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Rib cage becomes smaller as it lowers due to the relaxation of the inhalation muscles and the contraction of these muscles; located between the ribs but deep (beneath) the external intercostals; aid in exhalation

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Trachea

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Windpipe; connects the lungs with the larynx; a tube comprised of cartilaginous rings embedded in muscle tissues

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Larynx

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Voice box ; composed mainly of muscle and cartilage; attached inferiorly (below) the trachea and superiorly (above) to a “floating” bone known as the hyoid bone; responsible for phonation

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Hyoid bone

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“Floating” bone; only bone in the human body that does not attach to another bone; has muscle attachments to the tongue and to the mandible; provides structural support for the larynx

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Mandible

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Lower jaw

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Vocal folds or vocal cords

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Elastic folds of tissue, primary composed of muscle

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Thyroid cartilage

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Most anterior cartilage of the larynx to which the vocal folds attach; the notch of this forms the “Adam’s apple”

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Arytenoid cartilage

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Paired cartilages of the larynx that attach to the superior portion of the cricoid cartilage; each vocal fold attaches to one arytenoid cartilage

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Cricoid cartilage

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Most inferior to the cartilage of the larynx; encircles the larynx; looks somewhat like a class ring with the band facing anterior lay and the rings feature’s facing posteriorly

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Glottis

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Space between the vocal folds

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Subglottal pressure

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Air pressure applied to the inferior surface of the vocal folds (glottis); the air pressure necessary to blow the vocal folds apart

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Bernoulli effect

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Drop in air pressure, created by an increase in airflow through a constriction; helps explain vocal fold adduction

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Phonation

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Vibration of the vocal folds in creation of a vocal sound

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Voiced

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Phoneme produced with vocal fold vibration

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Voiceless

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Phoneme produced without vocal fold vibration

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Abduction

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Vocal folds remain apart to allow air to flow from the lungs through the glottis to the oral and nasal cavities; movement of the vocal folds away from the midline (closed) position

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Adduction

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When producing voiced phonemes the vocal folds are brought together; movement of the vocal folds toward the midline (closed) position

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Fundamental frequency

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Basic rate of vibration of the vocal folds

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Habitual pitch

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Inherent voice pitch; fundamental frequency of a given individual

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Epiglottis

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Cartilaginous structure that protects the larynx; diverts food away from the trachea and toward the esophagus

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Monotone

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One tone; rarely change the pitch of their voice

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Supralaryngeal system

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Anatomical structures over the larynx; structures include the pharynx, oral cavity, nasal cavity, and the articulators; “the filter”

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Vocal tract

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Network consisting of the larynx, pharynx, oral cavity, and nasal cavity

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Eustachian tube

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Narrow passage leading from the pharynx to the cavity of the middle ear permitting the equalization of pressure on each side of the eardrum

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Nares

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Nostrils

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Respiratory system

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Energy source

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Laryngeal system

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Voice system; consists primarily of the larynx

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Nasal cavity

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Begins at the nostrils and continues to the nasopharyngeal

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Oral cavity

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Mouth; begins at the lips and continues to posteriorly to the oropharynx

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Laryngopharynx

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Portion of the larynx adjoining the pharynx

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Nasopharynx

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Adjacent to the posterior portion of the nasal cavity

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Oropharynx

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Adjacent to the posterior posterior portion of the oral cavity

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Articulation

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Modification of airstream by the speech organs in production of spoken language; “to join together”

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Maxilla

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Upper jaw

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Mandible

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Supports the lower lip; quite active in speech production

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Labial

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Phonemes associated with the lips

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Bilabial

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Phonemes produced with a constriction involving both lips

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Central incisors

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Four front teeth located in both the upper and lower jaws

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Labiodental

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Consonant produced with a constriction formed by the lower lip and upper central incisors; ex /f/ and /v/

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Dental or interdental

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Phonemes produced by placing the tongue tip between the teeth; ex th words

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Alveolar ridge

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Gum ridge of the maxilla located directly behind the upper front teeth containing the sockets of the teeth

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Alveolar

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Consonant produced with a constriction formed by the tongue apex or blade and the alveolar ridge; ex /t, d, n, s, z, l/

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Hard palate or palate

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Bony structure located posterior to the alveolar ridge; roof of the mouth; separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity

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Palatal

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Consonant produced with a constriction formed by the tongue blade and the hard palate

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Velum

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Another name for the soft palate; muscular structure located directly posterior to the hard palate

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Velar sounds

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Consonant produced with a constriction formed by the back of the tongue and the velum; ex /k, g, ng/

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Uvula

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Rounded, tab like fleshy structure located at the posterior tip of the velum

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Velopharyngeal closure

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Constriction formed by the velum and the rear wall of the pharynx resulting in a diversion of the airstream into the oral cavity

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Oral phonemes

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Phonemes produced with a raised (closed) velum

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Nasal phoneme

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Phonemes produced with the velum lowered because the breath stream also flows into the nasal cavity during their production

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Glottal

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Phoneme produced at the level of the vocal folds; ex /h/

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Lingual sounds

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Sounds produced with the tongue

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Tongue root

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Portion of the tongue that attaches to the anterior wall of the pharynx and to the mandible

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Tongue tip

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Apex of the tongue

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Tongue blade

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Part of the tongue located just posterior to the tip

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Tongue dorsum

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Body of the tongue comprised primarily of the front and the back, also the back of the tongue

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Resonance

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Vibratory properties of any sound producing body

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Quality

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Perceptual character of a sound based on its acoustic resonance patterns

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Timbre

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Synonym often used for sound quality

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