vocal tract

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noun

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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Both babies’ maturing vocal tracts and their social interactions may influence the development of the sounds, the researchers say.
Infants may laugh like some apes in their first months of life|Carolyn Wilke|September 9, 2021|Science News
The technology involves measuring neural signals in the part of the motor cortex associated with Bravo-1’s efforts to move his tongue and vocal tract as he imagines speaking.
Facebook is ditching plans to make an interface that reads the brain|Antonio Regalado|July 14, 2021|MIT Technology Review
I ended up developing a blister on one of my vocal cords, so that kinda sucked.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Jessen was named a Mormon bishop, but the appointment was met with vocal protests.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built|Michael Daly|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract performs different digestive functions are various different locations.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with Torture|Russell Saunders|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa is a vocal proponent of gender diversity.
Tech’s Male ‘Feminists’ Aren’t Helping|Cate Huston, Karen Catlin|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One, from a short preview of her rehearsal performance, is that Williams certainly boasts the vocal chops to do the part justice.
The Cast of ‘Peter Pan Live!’ Knows You Hatewatched ‘The Sound of Music’|Kevin Fallon|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is often present in the respiratory tract under normal conditions.
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Their usual source is the deeper layers of the urinary tract, especially of the bladder.
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In suppurations of the urinary tract pus-producing organisms may be found.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Barclay, in his tract on "The Vertues of Tobacco," recommends its use as a medicine.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Then I ditch from the lake, and I am the proud owner of a large tract of valuable irrigated land.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton