SLHS 651 Exam 4

Respiration

Energy source

Vocal folds

source of sound for voice phonemes

Vocal cavity

we change the shape of the oral. pharyngeal, and nasal cavities to shape and create phonemes

Formants

resonances of the vocal tract

F1

length of vocal tract, provides evidence of gender secondary to tract size

F2

place of articulation, frequency is governed by space anterior to constriction

F3

appears to be the region posterior to constriction, provides color, depth, but not really identity

Mandible landmarks

• symphysis menti

• mental spines on interior surface

• alveolar portion

• alveolus

  • mylohyoid line

Generally, the mandible… (4 things)

• massive

• houses teeth

• provides points of attachment for tongue

  • begins as two bones, fused by one year

Maxillae form the:

• roof of mouth

• floor of nasal cavity

• walls of nasal cavity

  • portion of eye socket

Bones of cranium

• ethmoid

• sphenoid

• frontal

• parietal

• occipital

• temporal

cavities of the vocal tract

• buccal

• oral

• pharyngeal

• nasal

Articulators

• lips

• hard palate

• soft palate

• cheeks

• mandible

• teeth

• tongue

types of teeth

• central incisors

• lateral incisors

• cuspids

• bicuspids

• molars