week three vocab

Question 1

respiration

Answer 1

supplies the energy for speech

Question 2

myelin

Answer 2

a fatty insulator covering the axon that speeds transmission of impulses

Question 3

phonation

Answer 3

the production of speech (occurs inside larynx)

Question 3

parts of nervous system

Answer 3

central nervous system
peripheral nervous system

Question 4

articulation

Answer 4

controls the shape and configuration of the vocal tracts

Question 5

afferent

Answer 5

axonal fibers that conduct impulses toward the central nervous sytem

Question 6

glial cells

Answer 6

supports cells of the nervous system

Question 7

frontal lobe

Answer 7

motor planning and execution

Question 8

temporal lobe

Answer 8

auditory processing

Question 9

occipital lobe

Answer 9

visual processing

Question 10

parietal lobe

Answer 10

sensory association and spatial processing

Question 11

left hemisphere is responible for

Answer 11

language

Question 12

where is wernicke’s area

Answer 12

back of the first temporal gyrus

Question 13

motor activity is controlled by what 2 major tracts of nervous system

Answer 13

pyramidal
extrapyramidal

Question 14

result of damage to wernicke’s area

Answer 14

marked deficit in understanding what is heard

Question 15

extrapyramidal tract

Answer 15

control of movement

Question 16

pyramidal

Answer 16

direct pathway from cerebrum to the peripheral nerves

Question 17

larynx

Answer 17

small hollow structure in the top of the neck

Question 18

hypoglossal nerve

Answer 18

the cranial nerve that innervates the muscle of the tongue

Question 19

velopharyngeal port

Answer 19

the opening between oral and nasal cavities that opens and closes for different speech sounds

Question 20

source filter theory

Answer 20

explains how respiration, phonation, and articulation operate together in speech production

Question 21

oral cavity

Answer 21

the tube in the vocal tract that extends from lips to back of the throat

Question 22

bernoulli effect

Answer 22

the aerodynamic force that results from a decrease 9n air pressure against a surface, drawing a surface into a partial vaccuum

Question 23

hard palate

Answer 23

is the anatomical structure important for the articulation of consonants