Study session unit 2

Question 1

what is the cricoid

shape and location

Answer 1

a class ring, most inferior cartilage

Question 2

hyoid location

Answer 2

above the thyroid cartilage around the epiglottis (though it sticks over the hyoid bone when up) below the pharynx

Question 3

space between tongue base and epiglottis is

Answer 3

valleculae

Question 4

where the trachea is

Answer 4

below the glottis ?????

Question 5

intrinsic laryngeal muscles

-which of the following is not one

Answer 5

lateral cricoarytenoid, transverse/inter arytenoid, oblique arytenoid, posterior cricothyroid, thyrovocalis (inner edge of vocal folds), cricoarytenoid, cricothyroid, thyromucularis (outer edge of vocal folds), thyoepiglotticus, superior thyroarytenoid, thyroearytenoid, aryepiglotticus

Question 6

what the speech systems of the human body include

Answer 6

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Question 7

what primary cranial nerve innervates the larynx

Answer 7

10 Vagus

Question 8

what the superficial layer of the lamina propria is (aka the area of greatest voicing activity)

Answer 8

squamous cell epithelium

Question 9

what a broad based cyst on the vocal fold, what effect that will have on the vocal register

Answer 9

!

Question 10

the position of the vocal folds during passive breathing

Answer 10

open

Question 11

what the medial edge of the true vocal fold is

Answer 11

thyrovocalis

Question 12

What kind of pitch a long thin vocal fold produces

Answer 12

high

Question 13

What human pitch is measured in

Answer 13

Hz

Question 14

What kind of voice people use in their habitual pitch (do they use falsetto?)

Answer 14

no False

Question 15

How to classify transverse arytenoid muscle (intrinsic vs ex)

Answer 15

extrinsic

Question 16

What the intrinsic laryngeal muscles are responsible for during swallowing

Answer 16

for elevating and depressing the whole structure

Question 17

The relation of the tongue base to the glottis (inferior/superior?)

Answer 17

superior

Question 18

Epiglotic movement is essential to good quality phonation

Answer 18

false

Question 19

Laryngectomy with Radical neck dissection, is it reversible

Answer 19

no it is not reversible

Question 20

The role of the posterior cricoid arytenoid during phonation

Answer 20

abductor

Question 21

What the larynx does during swallowing

Answer 21

elevates, the dresses back into place

Question 22

When does phonation occur

Answer 22

when air is expelled from the lungs through the glottis that causes pair pressure

Question 23

A passy muir valve helps a laryngectomy to speak

Answer 23

false

Question 24

Relative average perturbation describes the quality of the tongue

Answer 24

the controversy, it should be tone, so false

Question 25

How the measurement of pitch is expressed/defined

Answer 25

Hz

Question 26

What is the geniohyoid– what kind of depressor it is (ex vs intrinsic)

Answer 26

elevates and draws forward the hyoid bone, depresses mandible, **extrinsic

Question 27

What happens to a male child’s voice after puberty

Answer 27

gets lower

Question 28

How many distinct branches of the vagus nerve there are

Answer 28

3

Question 29

Know whether or not patients that undergo open heart surgery may have a traumatic issue to the recurrent branch of the vagus nerve

Answer 29

true

Question 30

What abducted or adducted vocal folds look like (you have to tell her which is being shown in the picture)

Answer 30

abduct away

adduct together

Question 31

The anterior commissure

Answer 31

it is a juncture where the vocal folds attach

Question 32

Label the corniculates

Answer 32

The first bump

Question 33

Pyriform sinuous

Answer 33

the area above the corniculates

Question 34

Thryo vocalus

Answer 34

true vocal folds (medial edge)

Question 35

Thryo muscularous

Answer 35

true vocal folds (lateral edge)

Question 36

Syfincter muscle that is closed unless swallowing occurs

Answer 36

UES

Question 37

The false vocal folds/ ventricular folds

Answer 37

!

Question 38

Discuss the structures that are in the F shaped vocal tract as sound originates at the vocal folds. Explain the difference between resonance and phonation. Please include these key points/structures as you compare the vocal tract path way: posterior pharyngeal wall, frequency/pitch, pharynx, oral cavity, nasal cavity, and the trachea.

Answer 38

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Question 39

Describe two pros and two cons for laryngectomy voice rehabilitation using a TEP and an electro larynx. (two for each)

Answer 39

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Question 40

Discuss how a passy muir valve works on a patient with a tracheostomy (be detailed)

Answer 40

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Question 41

Discuss the layers of the vocal folds in detail and how phonation is produced. This should include a detailed description of the Bernoulli effect. Discuss how compliance, length, elasticity, and mass affect pitch.

Answer 41

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