vocal fold

Noun

Meaning

vocal fold (plural vocal folds)

(anatomy) The vocal cord.

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Hypernyms

fold plica

Examples

All these ECM components together regulate the water content of vocal fold and render the viscous shear property for it. Source: Internet

Advocates of this theory thought that every single vibration of the vocal folds was due to an impulse from the recurrent laryngeal nerves and that the acoustic center in the brain regulated the speed of vocal fold vibration. Source: Internet

Although a relationship between hormone levels and ECM biosynthesis in vocal fold can be established, the details of this relationship, and the mechanisms of the influence has not been elucidated yet. Source: Internet

In those two layers, which form what is known as the vocalis ligament, the elastic and collagenous fibers are densely packed as bundles that run almost parallel to the edge of the vocal fold. Source: Internet

Impact of phonation The viscoelastic properties of human vocal fold lamina propria are essential for their vibration, and depend on the composition and structure of their extracellular matrix (ECM). Source: Internet

By 7 years of age, all specimens show a three-layered vocal fold structure, based on cellular population densities. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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