B07 Sound patterns in Human Language: phonation

Sequence illustrating glottal closure during voicing. Bringing together of the vocal folds is called adduction. The arrows point to the folds themselves.


These images are from the photo atlas of the University of Pittsburgh Voice Center at UPMC. Copyright 1998 UPMC Health System. Used with the kind permission of Clark A. Rosen MD. No further redistribution is authorized.

This image shows the spread, or abducted, vocal folds during breathing. Air can pass freely.
This image is from the photo atlas of the University of Pittsburgh Voice Center at UPMC. Copyright 1998 UPMC Health System. Used with the kind permission of Clark A. Rosen MD. No further redistribution is authorized.

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This image shows the spread, or abducted, vocal folds during breathing. Air can pass freely.
	This image is from the photo atlas of the University of Pittsburgh Voice Center at UPMC. Copyright 1998 UPMC Health System. Used with the kind permission of Clark A. Rosen MD. No further redistribution is authorized.