Which of the following is an extrinsic laryngeal muscle?
a. Lateral cricoarytenoids
b. Mylohyoid
c. Posterior cricoarytenoids
d. Interarytenoids - Answers b. Mylohyoid
Which of the following is an intrinsic laryngeal muscle?
a. Thyroarytenoid
b. Geniohyoid
c. Sternothyroid
d. Hypoglossus - Answers a. Thyroarytenoid
What are the three layers of the vocal folds?
a. Cover, vocal ligament, body
b. Sheath, thyroid ligament, corpus
c. Coat, vocal ligament, body
d. Cover, cricoid ligament, frame - Answers a. Cover, vocal ligament, body
Which portion of the vagus nerve innervates the glottal and supraglottal areas?
a. Pharyngeal nerve
b. Internal laryngeal nerve
c. Superior laryngeal nerve
d. Inferior laryngeal nerve - Answers c. Superior laryngeal nerve
, Which portion of the vagus nerve innervates the glottal and infraglottal areas?
a. External laryngeal nerve
b. Recurrent laryngeal nerve
c. Pharyngeal nerve
d. Superior laryngeal nerve - Answers b. Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Which phonation type is best described as noise plus an air burst?
a. Normal voice
b. Strained voice
c. Breathy voice
d. Glottal fry - Answers c. Breathy voice
What is modal register?
a. The lowest portion of one's phonational range
b. The largest portion of one's phonational range
c. The highest portion of one's phonational range
d. The smallest portion of one's phonational range - Answers b. The largest portion of one's
phonational range
What term refers to the number of times per second the vocal folds open and close during
phonation?
a. Intensity
b. Fundamental frequency
c. Jitter
d. Shimmer - Answers b. Fundamental frequency