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