Anatomy and Physiology - Phonatory System
Increasing your vocal fundamental frequency will
Increase the longitudinal stress on the vocal folds
Contractions of the cricothyroid muscle results in elongation of vocal folds. If larger vocal folds generally predict lower F0, why does contraction of the cricothyroid muscle result in increases F0 for both men and women
Tensing and lengthening the vocal folds thinning out the vibrating mass
Why do we typically take a deeper breath when we plan on producing speech at an increased vocal intensity?
a deeper breath will result in greater elastic recoil forced and greater relaxation pressure in the lungs
The cricrothyroid joint
allows the thyroid cartilage to rock foward and downward to achieve vocal fold elongation
The cricothyroud joint results in cartilage movement upon contraction of the _______ muscle
cricothyroid muscle
The major regulator of intensity is
increased lung pressure
Why is the mean F0 of men's voices, on average, significantly lower than the mean F0 of women's voices?
men have larger vocal tracts than women
The conversion of aerodynamic energy into acoustic energy is called
phonation
The thyroid cartilage is also known as
the Adam's apple
The Bernoulli effects tells us
the air pressure will decrease as the air flows through the vocal tract in an area of constriction
The abduction and adduction of the vocal folds is achieved by movement of the
the cricoarytenoid joints
The space between in the vocal folds
the glottis
Fundamental Frequency is controlled by
the size of the vibrating mass
Lower Fundamental Frequencies of phonation are associated with
vibration of the vocal fold cover and body
The myoelastic aerodynamic theory of voice production tells us that
vocal fold vibration occurs passively due to the interaction of aerodynamics and the biochemical properties of the vocal folds tissues
AverageFundamental frequency during reading aloud has been measured at approximately
215 HZ for women and 115 HZ for men