42 vocal tract diagram
February 7, 2019 - The air column that flows through creates a “Bernouli effect” which causes the lower edge to close (7-9) as it escapes upwards. The escaping “puffs of air” (10) are converted to sound which is then transformed into voice by vocal tract resonators. Any change that affects this mucosal ... 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. The vocal cords, which are also referred to as the vocal folds, are situated within the larynx (voice box), which is placed on top of the trachea (windpipe). The muscles from the hyoid bone (U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue) support the larynx, enabling it to move up or down. The larynx consists of 3 paired and 3 unpaired cartilages. Vocal tract diagram