Principles of Voice Production - Study Guide Chapter 3

 


Midterm 1 (covers Chapters 1 - 4)
Study Guide for Chapter 3

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 3: Fluid Flow in Respiratory Airways (Breathing)
 A. Definitions

Know some units with quantities
flow  
pressure  
Pascal’s law  
lung (alveolar) pressure  
thorax  
diaphram  
viscera  
pulmonary system  
vocal tract  
lung volume  
vital capacity  
tidal volume  
incompressible flow  
Boyle’s law
(you don’t need to memorize the equation, just understand the relationship between P and v)		  
flow resistance  

B. Basic Concepts

1. Describe, illustrate or draw how pressure is transmitted among abdominal, thoracic, and alveolar regions. Identify and describe: visceral pleura, parietial pleura, and pleural space.

 

 

 

 

 

2. What is the average ranges of lung pressures used for speech and singing (give units of measurement). Name an instrument that is used in measuring lung pressure.

 

 

 

 

 

3. Be able to describe and possibly draw the information displayed in figures 3.10 and 3.11.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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