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two small bands of elastic tissue, which can be thought of as two flat strips or rubber, lying opposite each other across the air passage in the larynx

the space behind the tongue, immediately above the larynx, reaching up towards the nasal cavity

forms the roof of the mouth; separates the mouth/oral cavity from the nose/nasal cavity

the soft palate can also be called

the most important of the speech organs because it has the greatest variety of movement

How many parts can the tongue be divided?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

The lips consist of the ... lip and the ... lip

when we are making sounds, the air from the lungs comes up through the ... and arrives at the larynx

oral sounds are sounds in the production of which the soft palate is raised, ... off the nasal cavity so that the airstream can only get out through the mouth

nasal sounds are the sounds in the production of which soft palate is ..., blocking off the oral cavity so that the airstream can only get out through the nose