Vocal cords
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title:
Vocal cords
text:
In humans, the vocal cords, also known as vocal folds, are folds of throat tissues that are key in creating sounds through vocalization. The length of the vocal cords affects the pitch of voice. Open when breathing and vibrating for speech or singing, the folds are controlled via the recurrent laryngeal branch of the vagus nerve. They are composed of twin infoldings of mucous membrane stretched horizontally, from back to front, across the larynx. They vibrate, modulating the flow of air being ex
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Folds of throat tissues that help to create sounds through vocalization
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_cords
date created:
2002-01-08T20:14:13Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T02:47:21Z
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