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  2. Vocal cords - Wikipedia

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    The vocal folds are commonly referred to as vocal cords, and less commonly as vocal flaps or vocal bands. The term vocal cords was coined by the French anatomist Antoine Ferrein in 1741. In his violin analogy of the human voice, he postulated that the moving air acted like a bow on cordes vocales. [42]

  3. Histology of the vocal cords - Wikipedia

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    Larynx showing vocal ligaments. The vibratory portion of the vocal fold in the anterior glottis is connected to the thyroid cartilage anteriorly by the macula flava and anterior commissure tendon, or Broyles' ligament. Posteriorly, this vibratory portion is connected to the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage by the posterior macula flava.

  4. Larynx - Wikipedia

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    The laryngeal cavity (cavity of the larynx) extends from the laryngeal inlet downwards to the lower border of the cricoid cartilage where it is continuous with that of the trachea. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] It is divided into two parts by the projection of the vocal folds , between which is a narrow triangular opening, the rima glottidis .

  5. Vocal register - Wikipedia

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    A vocal register is a range of tones in the human voice produced by a particular vibratory pattern of the vocal folds. These registers include modal voice (or normal voice), vocal fry, falsetto, and the whistle register. [1] [2] [3] Registers originate in laryngeal function. They occur because the vocal folds are capable of producing several ...

  6. Human voice - Wikipedia

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    The articulators (the parts of the vocal tract above the larynx consisting of tongue, palate, cheek, lips, etc.) articulate and filter the sound emanating from the larynx and to some degree can interact with the laryngeal airflow to strengthen or weaken it as a sound source.

  7. Vocal tract - Wikipedia

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    The vocal tract is the cavity in human bodies and in animals where the sound produced at the sound source (larynx in mammals; syrinx in birds) is filtered. In birds , it consists of the trachea , the syrinx , the oral cavity, the upper part of the esophagus , and the beak .

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  9. Laryngeal vestibule - Wikipedia

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    It contains the vestibular folds, and between these and the vocal folds are the laryngeal ventricles. [1] The vestibule is an opening in the lateral wall of the larynx, between the vestibular fold above and the vocal folds below. It is the inlet to another cavity in the lateral wall of larynx, the laryngeal ventricle.