Principles of Voice Production - Study Guide Chapter 2

 


Midterm 1 (covers Chapters 1 - 4)
Study Guide for Chapter 2

Disclaimer: It is possible that this study guide may NOT cover 100% of the information for all test questions. If you know textbook information about the following subjects, you should be able to answer at least 95% of all questions on the test.

Chapter 2: Biomechanics of Laryngeal Tissue
A. Definitions

Mechanics  
Biomechanics  
Quantities (know some units with quantities)
mass  
length  
time  
Derived Quantities (know some units with quantities)
displacement  
velocity  
momentum  
inertia  
force  
acceleration  
Subdivision of Mechanics
dynamics  
statics  
kinetics  
continuum mechanics  
fluid mechanics  
solid mechanics  

 

 

 

 

 

Elements of Continuum Mechanics
deformation  
translation  
rotation  
solid  
liquid  
gas  
fluid  
Stress  
tensile stress  
compressional stress  
pressure  
shear stress  
Strain  
Other nice words to know
vector  
linear  
proportional  
rate  

B. Basic Concepts

1. What does “human tissues are inertio-visco-elastic” (page 35) mean?

 

 

 

2. What is a force-elongation curve (how and why do we construct one) and how does it differ for a stress-strain curve? What advantages are there of a stress-strain curve over the force-elongation curve?

 

 

 

3. Draw a stress-strain curve (label the axis) and identify the important characteristics of a stress-strain curve.

 

 

 

4. What is a probable cause of vocal nodules as stated in the chapter?

 

 

 

5. List in order from smallest to largest the 6 structural components of a muscle (like in figure 2.11) (you won’t have to draw this)?

 

 

 

6. List the basic muscle-fiber types and their characteristics.

 

 

 

7. What are Newton’s three universal laws?

 

 

 

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