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15 Cards in this Set
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The adjustments of the shape and acoustical properties of the vocal tract.
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Articulation
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The structures which allow these adjustments.
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Articulators
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Supportive framework for articulation is mostly made up by:
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Facial skeleton
lower jaw or mandible cervical vertibrae |
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The skull is composed of __ irregular or flattened bones.
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22
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The immovable (fibrous) joints exclusive to the skull.
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Sutures
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Latin for arrow.
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Saggital
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Latin for crown.
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Coronal
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The paired sutures form the greek letter lambda.
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Lamdoidal
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The suture that is located along the occipital portion of the cortex and the mastoid.
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Occipitomastoid sutures
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What are the two portions of the skull?
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Cranium
Facial Skeleton |
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The braincase. It houses and protects the brain.
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Cranium
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Forms the framework for organs of mastication, production of speech, respiration, special senses, and muscles used in facial expression.
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Facial Skeleton
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The 14 bones in the facial skeleton.
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Mandible
Maxillae Nasal Bones Palatine Bones Lacrimal Bones Zygomatic Bones Inferior conchae Vomer |
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What are the two bones in the facial skeleton that are not paired?
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Mandible and Vomer
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The total number of bones in the head.
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29
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