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| Speech sounds that are produced with out the vibration of the vocal folds |
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| Speech sounds that are produced with the vibration of the vocal folds |
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| The product of vibrating vocal folds |
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| The space between the vocal folds |
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| Area below the vocal folds |
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| Musculo-cartilaginous structure located at superior end of trachea that is involved in phonation and respiration |
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| Covers the larynx to protect the air way during swallowing |
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| Cricoid, thyroid, arytenoid, corniculate, and cuneiform |
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| 5 Layers of the Vocal Folds |
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| Epithelium (1), lamina propria (2-4), thyrovocalis muscle (5) |
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| Middle layer of vocal folds consisting of 2 layers of elastin and a layer of collagen |
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| The two innermost layers of the lamina propria; elastin and collagen |
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| Entryway of larynx, marking entry to vestibule |
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| Function of Intrinsic Laryngeal Muscles |
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| Fine adjustments; opening, closing, tensing, or relaxing vocal folds; innervated by vagus |
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| Movements of the Arytenoid Cartilages |
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| Rocking, gliding, rotation |
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| Permit vocal folds to approximate, come to midline |
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| Allows for changes in vocal fold length |
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| Allows for extreme abduction of vocal folds during forced inhalation/exhalation |
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| Function of Laryngeal and Hyoid Elevators and Depressors |
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| Make major adjustments of larynx, such as elevating or depressing it; work in concert with articulatory gestures of tongue; important in safe swallowing |
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| Types of Intrinsic Muscles of Larynx |
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| Adductors, abductors, tensors, and relaxers |
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| Lateral cricoarytenoid, transverse arytenoid, oblique arytenoid |
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| Thyrovocalis, cricothyroid |
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| Thyromuscularis, superior thyroarytenoid |
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| Contraction of Lateral Cricoarytenoid Muscle |
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| Pulls muscular process forward, adducting vocal folds |
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| Contraction of Transverse and Oblique Arytenoid Muscles |
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| Pull arytenoids closer together, thereby supporting adduction |
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| Refers to degree of force that may be applied by vocal folds at their point of contact; important for vocal intensity |
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| Contraction of Posterior Cricoarytenoid Muscle |
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| Pulls muscular process posteriorly, rocking arytenoid cartilage out on its axis and abducting vocal folds |
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| Contraction of Cricothyroid Muscle |
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| Primary tensor of vocal folds by rocking thyroid cartilage forward relative to cricoid; responsible for adjustment associated with pitch change |
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| Contraction of Thyrovocalis Muscle |
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| Draws thyroid and cricoid cartilages farther apart in front; medial to vocal folds and tenses the vocal folds |
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| Contraction of Thyromuscularis Muscle |
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| Excessive adductory force of vocal folds; can result in laryngitis, vocal nodules, contact ulcers, or vocal polyps |
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| Laryngeal Ventricle Space |
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| Separates the ventricular folds and the vocal folds |
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| Top of arytenoid cartilages; attached to corniculate cartilage |
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| Muscular Process of Arytenoid |
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| Point of attachment for muscles that adduct and abduct vocal folds |
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| Vocal Process of Arytenoid Cartilage |
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| Attached to posterior portion of vocal folds |
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| Movement at the Cricothyroid Joint |
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| Contraction tenses/lengthens vocal folds |
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| Intrinsic Laryngeal Muscles |
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| Muscles that have both their origin and insertion on laryngeal cartilages |
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| Extrinsic Laryngeal Muscles |
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| Hyoid and laryngeal elevators and depressors |
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| The act of holding breath in your lungs and using your abdominal muscles for acts of "bearing down" i.e. giving birth |
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