vocal folds

plural noun

1. See vocal cords

Example Sentences

Her manner of speech is otherworldly, like an arthropod testing out human vocal folds.

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This is in stark contrast to the alleged, but now refuted "whistle" mechanism, which would have required for the vocal folds to be immobile during voice production.

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Before the study, it was uncertain if swifts even had vocal folds.

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This focuses on the vocal folds at the top of the airway which vibrate to create sound.

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First, the tiny cartilages in the human larynx -- called the arytenoids -- that change the position of our vocal folds, have changed dramatically in whales.

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