vocal folds
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Her manner of speech is otherworldly, like an arthropod testing out human vocal folds.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025
Simulations with a computer model suggest that the singers can, among others, only produce their highest frequencies with a greatly increased tension in the vocal folds, supported by high expiratory air pressures.
From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2024
In humans, our voices come from vibrations when air passes over structures called vocal folds in our throat.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024
A bit below the epiglottis, mammals have evolved additional folds of tissue, called vocal cords or vocal folds, which produce sounds when air exhaled from the lungs causes them to vibrate.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024
The researchers, whose work wasn’t funded by the military, examined footage of the vocal folds of 14 trans women as they spoke.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 17, 2023
