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SPEECH ORGAN - Coggle Diagram
SPEECH ORGAN
Larynx
Characteristics
an organ in humans and animals, between the nose and the lungs that contains muscles
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Tongue
Characteristics
A muscular organ in the mouth and covered with moist, pink tissue, called mucosa
Functions
The tongue is vital for chewing and swallowing food, as well as for speech
Pharynx
Characteristics
called as throat, is the space behind the tongue
Functions
It plays an important role in phonation (speech). It provides an enclosed space that allows the speech muscles to initiate sound and pronounce syllables better
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Oral Cavity
Characteristics
The lips, gingivae, retromolar trigone, teeth, hard palate, cheek mucosa, mobile tongue, and floor of the mouth
Functions
To initiate digestive process. A site of sound modification for the production of speech, and a chemosensory organ
Lips
Characteristics
The lips are pliable, mobile, muscular folds that encircle the opening of the oral cavity
Functions
Plays a critical role in food intake, mastication, deglutition, articulation
Soft Palate
Characteristics
Flexible, strong, thin, fibrous sheet known as palatine aponeurosis, and the glossopalatine and pharyngopalatine muscles
Functions
plays an essential role in blocking food and other substances from entering the nasal passages during swallowing and is important in the formation of certain sounds in speech production.
Vocal Cord
Functions
To protect the airway from choking on material in the throat. To regulate the flow of air into our lungs. The production of sounds used for speech
Characteristics
The vocal cords are composed of mucous membrane infoldings that stretch horizontally across the middle laryngeal cavity
Jaw
Characteristics
The mandible, lower jaw or jawbone is the largest, strongest and lowest bone in the human facial skeleton
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