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28 Cards in this Set
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What is the Glottis?
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It is the black open space between the open vocal fold
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What is the name of the cartilage that helps move around in all different directions.
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Arytenoids Cartilage
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the sound eeeeeee
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Brings true Cords together
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the sound aaaaa
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Opens the True Cords
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What does the speed of the flap have to do with?
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The frequency of your voice
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What makes the true cords flap?
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Air
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What is the reason why you have a normal voice?
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Both True Vocal cords are flapping at the same time
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What happens when you have a horse voice?
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One of the true cords are flapping at a different speed than the other one.
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What is the worst thing ppl with laryngitis can do?
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whisper
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What should you do if the hoarseness of your voice persist longer than 2 weeks?
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Get it investigated because there may be a potential problem
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Ppl who have H&N cx, what is the first thing they should look for when doing a work up?
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check to see if the tip of the epiglottis is eroded.
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Will the hyoid bone survive all this aggravation?
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No
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What are the 3 cartilages that protect the Larynx?
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Epiglottis, Thyroid, Cricoid
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What are the 3 PAIRS of cartilage that help protect and have part in the functionality of the larynx?
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Arytenoid,Corniculate, and Cuneiform
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What type of tx is best in preserving voice and speech?
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RT
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Roughly statistically which is a better modality of treatment?
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RT and Surgery are roughly the same .
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What is the vocal quality in a normal voice?
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The size of the cartilage and thickness of the Cartilage
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What happens when cartilage is ossified =?
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ppl voices change (deepen)
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What is Valsalva Maneuver ?
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When you stop breathing when lifting something heavy.
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Nodules
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Ppl don't adduct vocal cord in speech or scream will get contact oryoseis, which will cause a space and air will escape when they talk.
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What are Polyps ?
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Is a growth on the vocal fold, which cause the vocal fold not to fully close and a whisper way of talking occurs
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How do you determine between Nodules, polyps, and Cx?
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Biopsy is the only way.
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What do polyps look like?
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Look like little mushrooms and are always begin,
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Are wedges used in the treatment of the larynx?
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Yes
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What kinda cells are laryngeal Cx?
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SCC and most are early stage cause of hoarseness sound or cold that doesn't go away.
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The Larynx is divided into 3 regions
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Subglottis(Cx very rare), Supraglottis(Primary Cx are pretty rare, but more common than subglottis), Glottis(Cx are very common)
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What are the True Cords lined with?
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Stratify Squamous Cell
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Verrucous Cx
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Squamous Cell, thick looking, and radioresistant to RT, warty look, rare
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