| Question |
Answer |
| What is the term used to refer to the movement of the vocal folds away from midline? |
abduction |
| The name of the chief abductor muscles of the larynx are the posterior _____. |
cricoarytenoids |
| What cartilages are separated when the posterior cricoarytenoids (PCA) contract? |
arytenoids |
| What is the opposite of abduction? |
adduction |
| What are the primary adductor muscles of the larynx? |
interarytenoids |
| Besides the IAs, the _______ cricoarytenoids are adductors. |
lateral |
| The ______ muscles of the larynx function to raise, lower, and stablize the larynx. |
Extrinsic |
| The extrinsic muscles of the larynx articulate with (or connect with) the ____ |
Hyoid |
| What is the area between abducted vocal folds called? |
Glottis |
| Two of the paired cartilages of the larynx are the arytenoids and corniculates. The third and final paired cartilage are the _______. |
cuneiforms
|
| What is the vocalis muscle also sometimes called? |
thyroarytenoid |
| One function of the cricothryoid muscle is to increase the ______ of the voice. |
pitch |
| This structure attaches to the thyroid cartilage and helps to protect the airway from foreign materia |
epiglottis
|
| What is a muscle that acts as an antagonist to the posterior cricoarytenoid |
lateral cricoarytenoids |
| This muscle contributes to pitch change by shortening the vocal folds |
thyroarytenoids
|
| Stretches between the side of the epiglottis and apex of arytenoid cartilage |
aryepiglottic folds |
| This part of the vocal folds is the only part that receives nerve innervation. |
vocalis muscle |
| The larynx is ____ to the trachea. |
superior |
| The hyoid bone is comprised of the greater cornu, the lesser cornu, and the ____. |
corpus |
| This type of cartilage ossifies over time. |
Hyaline |
| The largest cartilage of the larynx. |
Thyroid |
| The other term for the Adam's apple. |
Thyroid notch |
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