Vocal Process

The vocal process is the anterior angle of the base of the arytenoid cartilage, as it projects horizontally forward and gives attachment to the vocal ligament.

First you inhale to your lungs. The voice box, or larynx in the middle in your throat, is, obviously, the source of your voice. Inside your larynx is the vocal folds. To create voice the vocal folds must be together. When they come together to create a voice they vibrate so quickly, 440 times a second, that an eye cannot see it to create a sound. The sounds from the vibrations come up your throat and out your mouth as whatever you say. You can make different sound by lengthening, shortening, relaxing, or tensing your vocal folds, though you don’t really think about it. When you talk with a deeper voice you’re lengthening and relaxing vocal muscles. When you talk with a higher voice you’re tightening your vocal folds and making them smaller. The main parts of voice production are the larnyx, the resonators, and the lungs obviously.

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. {}

Head and neck anatomy, Upper RT: Larynx (TA A06.2, TH H3.05.01, GA 11.1072)
Cartilages
  • major/unpaired: Epiglottis
    • Vallecula
  • Thyroid
    • Laryngeal prominence
    • Oblique line
    • Superior thyroid notch
    • Superior horn
    • Inferior horn
  • Cricoid
  • minor/paired: Arytenoid
    • Vocal process
    • Muscular process
  • Corniculate
  • Cuneiform
Ligaments/folds
  • extrinsic ligaments: Hyoepiglottic ligament
  • Thyrohyoid membrane
    • Lateral ligament
    • Median ligament
  • Thyroepiglottic ligament
  • Cricotracheal ligament
  • intrinsic ligaments, upper: Quadrangular membrane
    • Aryepiglottic
    • Vestibular ligament/Vestibular fold
  • intrinsic ligaments, lower: Cricothyroid ligament
    • Median
    • Lateral/Conus elasticus
    • Vocal ligament/Vocal folds
Laryngeal cavity
  • Laryngeal inlet
  • Vestibule
  • Rima vestibuli
  • Ventricle
  • Rima glottidis/Glottis
  • Infraglottic cavity
Other
  • Muscles of larynx
  • Cricothyroid articulation
  • Cricoarytenoid articulation

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