The Vocal Mechanism

Question 1

Battery that drives the entire speech and hearing mechanism is?

Answer 1

Nervous system

Question 2

Energy source for vocal mechanism?

Answer 2

Respiration

Question 3

What is respiration to a speech pathologist? Definition

Answer 3

The driving force for speech production and central to understanding swallowing; mechanical process to bring air in and out of the lungs.

Question 4

The framework? like building a house..

Answer 4

Framework: Skelletal system
Insulation: muscles
wallas: membrane and lining
Appliances: lunges

Question 5

Respiratory system is supported and protected by skeletal framework which includes?

Answer 5

Rib
Sternum
Vertebrae

Question 6

Vertebral column makes up?

Answer 6

The aixs

Question 7

The vertebra is the functional unit of the?

Answer 7

Vertebral column

Question 8

Transverse process (on the sides)

Answer 8

Point of attachment for

Question 9

Spinal cord ends at?

Answer 9

L1 AND L2

Question 10

C1 Atlas holds?

Answer 10

The weight of the skull and located below the foramen magnum.

*Tiny body and traverse foramen for spinal nerves that come out of there.

Question 11

C2 Axis

Answer 11

C2 articulates with C1

Has odontoid process to lock into C1. To give the neck some movement.

Question 12

C3-C7

Enough movement but not too much movement at this point

Answer 12

-Large foramen still since the spinal cord still goes through it. You see smaller corpus.

Question 13

Whiplash occurs where and due to what?

Answer 13

C3-C7 region

-forward hit followed by a counter action

Question 14

How many Thoracic vertebrae exist and what are the points of attachment?

Answer 14

• 12 thoracic vertebrae
• Point of attachment of the vertebra to the ribs.
• Foramina still exists but decreases in size

Question 15

How many Vertebrae exist in the Lumbar region? what are its point of attachment?

Answer 15

• 5 (L1-L5)
• Lost of muscular attachment
• It encounters a lot of stress when we do daily routine.
• More likely to have back injury to this areas

Question 16

Cauda Equina Syndrome is?

Answer 16

• Anterior thigh numbness
• B&B dysfunction
• Not a true spinal cord injury its more the nerve.
• Lumbar puncture

Question 17

How many vertebrae exist in the Sacral region? What is the point of attachment?

Answer 17

• 5 (S1-S5)
• Fused wedge
• transfer weight to hip and hip joints.

Question 18

Coccygeal Vertebrae?

Answer 18

• Tailbone

- No nerve ending

Question 19

Thoracic Cavity houses?

Answer 19

• Lung and heart

- 12 Pairs of ribs

Question 20

The rib cage and their attachment?

Answer 20

12 TOTAL

• 1-10: attached by Cartilage to the sternum
• 11-12: Are floating (They don’t even attach indirectly)

Question 21

Thoracic

Answer 21

Thoracic suspends posteriorly from the vertebral column and superiorly marked by the first rib and the clavicle. Inferiorly bound by the 12th rib. Laterally bound by the ribs and anteriorly by the sternum.