Respiration relies on the muscles of inspiration and expiration. The thick, dome-shaped muscle that seperates the abdomen from the thorax is called
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diaphragm
Most pharyngeal muscles are innervated by cranial nerves:
X, XI (Vagus, Spinal Accessory)
The primary muscle of the lips is the:
orbicularis oris
The neurons that transmit information away from the brain are called:
Efferent neurons
An important structure adjacent to the brainstem that contains the hypothalamus and the thalamus is called the:
Diencephalon
The corpus striatum is composed of three nuclear masses, which are the:
Globus Pallidus, Caudate Nucleus, Putamen
The structure that regulates body posture, equilibrium, and cordinated fine-motor movement is the:
cerebellum
The anterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the:
Corpus Callosum and Basal ganglia
The laryngopharynx and oropharynx add resonance to sounds produces by the larynx. The nasopharynx adds noticable resonance to which sounds?
m, n, ng
These are compose of a ring of connective tissue and muscle extending from the tips of the arytenoid cartilage to the larynx. They sepereate the larygneal vestibule from the pharynx and help preserve the airway.
aryepiglottic folds
The cranial nerve that innervates the larynx and also innervates the levator veli palitini, palatoglossus, and palatopharyngeus muscles is:
CN X, Vagus
Muscles that contribute to the velopharyngeal closure through tensing or elevating the velum are the
palatoglossus, tensor veli palatini, levator veli palatini
The structure at the inferior portion of the tongue that connects the tongue with the mandible is called the:
lingual frenum
When a person is producing voices and voiceless /th/ the muscle that is most involved is the:
genioglossus
When muscle from the list are most involved in adducting the vocal folds
Lateral Cricoarytenoids and Transverse Arytenoid
The cerebral hemispheres are connected by the:
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