Unit 3 Pt 1

Question 1

Phonation

Answer 1

Product of vibrating vocal folds.

Question 2

How does respiration help phonation.

Answer 2

It’s the energy source that allows for phonation.

Question 3

2 types of sounds

Answer 3

Voiced and voiceless.

Question 4

What creates sounds

Answer 4

Only with the use of the vocal folds will you produce a voiced sound

Question 5

Four facts about the Larynx

Answer 5

Located at the superior end of the trachea, protects lower passageway for foreign materials, used to hold air in lungs, and generates sound.

Question 6

Framework of Larynx

Answer 6

Varies in individuals, men usually have a longer larynx.

Question 7

Five parts of the skeleton of the larynx

Answer 7

Thyroid cartilage, cricoid cartilage, arytenoid cartilage, corniculate cartilage, and epiglottis.

Question 8

Thyroid cartilage

Answer 8

Largest of the laryngeal cartilages, and articulates inferiorly with cricoid cartilage.

Question 9

Five parts of the thyroid cartilage

Answer 9

Laminae, angle, notch, prominence, and Cornu.

Question 10

Thyroid laminae

Answer 10

Quadrilateral plates

Question 11

Thyroid angle

Answer 11

Point at which the two thyroid laminae come together

Question 12

Thyroid notch

Answer 12

Superior most point of the thyroid angle

Question 13

Thyroid prominence

Answer 13

Found at the base of the thyroid notch, and flares out to protect anterior and lateral larynx

Question 14

Cornu

Answer 14

Found on the posterior portion of thyroid

Question 15

Superior Cornu

Answer 15

Points towards hyoid bone

Question 16

Inferior Cornu

Answer 16

Rests on cricoid cartilage

Question 17

Cricoid cartilage

Answer 17

Most inferior cartilage of larynx, and unpaired signet ring shaped.

Question 18

2 parts of cricoid cartilage

Answer 18

Arch and posterior quadrate lamina

Question 19

Arch

Answer 19

Low narrow portion in front and provides clearance for the vocal folds.

Question 20

Posterior quadrate lamina

Answer 20

Wide and thick portion in back, and provides point of articulation for arytenoid cartilages.

Question 21

Cricothyroid joint

Answer 21

Found between thyroid and cricoid cartilages, point of articulation is the articular facets on cricoid cartilage and the inferior Cornu of the thyroid cartilage, and provides rotation and pivoting.