vocal tract

American  

noun

1. the passages above the larynx through which air passes in the production of speech, including the buccal, oral, nasal, and pharyngeal cavities.

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Example Sentences

This is because humans have a voice print: our vocal tract leaves a unique signature in the tone of our voice across everything that we say.

From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023

“You can push air through your vocal tract, create these tones and rhythms, and it’s like giving the baby an analgesic,” Dr. Mehr said.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2022

Elizabeth St. Clair, a biological anthropologist at Johns Hopkins University who studies the evolution of the primate vocal tract, says she was surprised by the rhythmic similarities between indri and human songs.

From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2021

Researchers made a 3D-printed reproduction of the vocal tract of Egyptian priest Nesyamun to produce a rather short groaning sound — which you can hear in this week’s Nature Podcast.

From Nature • Jan. 30, 2020

When they enter it their vocal tract adjusts itself to it and corresponds with the adjustment employed in it by soprano and tenor.

From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Miller, Frank E.