Speech Production Flashcards
Central Nervous system
brain and spinal cord
give info out
Peripheral nervous system
cranial nerves
sensory nerves
getting info from environment
afferent
bring info to cns
efferent
away from cns
neuron
building block (brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves)
all or nothing principle
relates to nerves
nerve fires all together to transmit info and won’t stop
nerve
bundle of neuron fibers
respiration
breathing powers
lungs produce energy
phonation
production of voice
larynx modifies airstream to produce voice
articulation
vocal tract movements
vocal tract modulates airstream using articulators
larynx
protect trachea from foreign substances
active articulators
lips, uvula, tongue, glottis
lungs
pulmonic air
diaphragm
changes thoracic volume
resonator
something vibrates because of something else
Boyles law
volume increase pressure decrease
volume decrease pressure increase
lung expansion
volume increase
pressure decrease (negative)
lung contraction
volume decrease
pressure increase (positive)