Speech Praxis-Anatomy

Respiration relies on the muscles of inspiration and expiration. The thick , dome-shaped muscle that seperates the abdomen from the thorax is called the ____

Most pharyngeal muslces are innervated by cranial nerves ___, _____

The primary muscles of the lips is the

The neurons and transmit information away from the brain are called the _____ ______.

An important structure adjacent to the brainstem that contains the hypothalamus (which controls emotions) and the thalamus (which relays sensory impulses to various portions of the crebral cortex is called the

The corpus striatum is composed of three nuclear masses, which are the: ______, __________, _________

The structure that regulates body posture, equillibrium, and coordianted fine-motor movements is the

The anterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the :

The laryngopharnx and the oropharnx add resonance to sounds produced by the larynx. The nasopharynx adds noticeable resonance to which sounds?

These are composed of a ring of connective tissue and muscle extending from the tips of the arytenoid cartilages to the larynx, They seperate the laryngeal vestibule from the pharynx and help perserve the airway.

The cranial nerve that innervates the larynx and also innervates the veli levator palatini, palatoglossus, and palatopharyngeus muscle is

Muscles that contribute to the velopharyngeal closure through tensing or elevating the velum are the

The structure at the inferior portion of the tongue that connects the tongue with the mandible is called the ____

When a person is producing voiced and voiceless /th/, the muscle that is most involved is the _____

When a person is adducting and abducting the vocal folds, which muscles are involved with this process?

The cerebral hemispheres are connected by:

The central nervous system's primary mechanism of attention, alertness, and conscousness, which is also related to sleep-wake cycles, is the

The primary motor cortex in the frontal lobe is located on the :

Wernike's area in the temporal lobe is critical to the ___

Wernike's area is connected to Broca's area in the frontal lobe through the _________

The occipital lobe contains the

The pyramidal system consists of the ____ and _____ tracts

The meninges of the brain consist of the _____, ______, and the ________.

The basilar artery eventually divides into the

The exteranal cartoid artery is the major supplier of

The ______________ is formed at the base of the brain where two cartoid and two vertebral arteries join.