articulation
shaping the sound
the process of joining two elements together
articulatory system
the system of mobile and immobile articulators brought into contact for the purpose of shaping the sounds of speech
cavities of the vocal tract
buccal
oral
pharyngeal
nasal
buccal cavity
from lips and cheeks, gums and teeth, to area behind the third molar
oral cavity
fauces
junction of oral/nasal and pharyngeal cavities
aka palatine arches
above = soft palate
below = dorsum of tongue
pharyngeal cavity
~12 cm long three parts: 1. nasopharymx 2. oropharynx 3. laryngopharynx
nasopharynx
superior: rostrum of sphenoid
posterior: pharyngeal protuberance of occipital lobe
inferior: soft palate
anterior open to nasal choanae
lateral: level of eustachian tube
oropharynx
superior boundary: soft palate
inferior boundary: hyoid
anterior boundary: faucial pillars
laryngopharynx
superior boundary: level of hyoid
inferior boundary: esophagus
anterior: epiglottis
nasal cavitis
two chambers separated by bony/cartilaginous septum
anterior boundary: nostrils (nares)
posterior boundary: choanae
superior: nasal bone
inferior: maxillary palatine process and palatine bones
lateral: maxillae
eustachian tube
courses lateral, back, and up to middle ear salpingopharyngeal fold = torus tubarius mucous membrane fold at opening of tube --middle ear function --patent: open
the skull
22 bones
ossicles (3 pair): middle ear bones
-maleus, incus, stapes
bones of the face
mandible maxillae nasal bone palatine bone and nasal conchae vomer zygomatic bone lacrimal bone: inside skull, forms lateral nasal wall and medial orbit hyoid bone
mandible (1 bone)
posterior mandible landmarks
coronoid process
for attachment of temporalis via the zygomatic arch
condyloid process
articulates with mandibular fossa of temporal bone via the temporomandibular joint
medial mandible
- mental foramen
mental foramen
-medial outer surface of corpus for lingual branch of mandibular nerve of V trigeminal
inner mandible
- mandibular foramen
mandibular foramen
alveolar nerve of mandibular branch of V trigeminal
crown
visible, projects above gums, 1/3 of tooth
root
embedded in alveolar process, 2/3 of tooth