01- anatomy of the vocal tract

Question 1

how many stop consonant sounds are there in american english?

Answer 1

6 (/b, p, k, g, t, d/)

Question 2

parts of the respiratory system

Answer 2

larynx, lungs, mouth, nose, etc.

Question 3

larynx function

Answer 3

primarily for airway protection but humans and other mammals have adapted the larynx for voicing

Question 4

what is the major muscle of inspiration?

Answer 4

diaphragm

Question 5

what are pulmonic phonemes?

Answer 5

produced by air pressure from the lungs

Question 6

what are the muscles of inhalation?

Answer 6

diaphragm and external intercostal muscles

Question 7

what is exhalation mostly driven by

Answer 7

elastic recoil

Question 8

do muscles bring VF together?

Answer 8

no, done by the Bernoulli effect

Question 9

where does voicing happen?

Answer 9

at the larynx

Question 10

what is the glottis?

Answer 10

the space between the vocal folds

Question 11

what is the epiglottis?

Answer 11

a flap of cartilage that protects the larynx by diverting food away from the glottis and into the esophagus

Question 12

what are the vocal folds?

Answer 12

the two folds of skin and muscle that stretch across the glottis and vibrate to create voicing

Question 13

adduction vs abduction

Answer 13

together vs apart

Question 14

what is the pharynx

Answer 14

part of the vocal tract above the larynx

Question 15

what is the oral cavity

Answer 15

from the lips posteriorly to the oropharynx

Question 16

what is the source-filter theory

Answer 16

the larynx created the source sound for speech that is filtered by the vocal tract

Question 17

what is the source in the source-filter theory

Answer 17

anything that makes a sounds; larynx

Question 18

what is the filter in the source-filter theory

Answer 18

what modifies that sound as the sound passes through it; rest of the vocal tract above the larynx

Question 19

what is the system that sits in between the respiratory system and the vocal tract?

Answer 19

larynx