Beginner Vocal Cords Quiz

Q1. What is another anatomical term for the true vocal cords?

• Glossoepiglottic folds
• Vestibular folds
• Vocal folds
• Aryepiglottic folds

Q2. What ligament forms an important structural component of each true vocal fold?

• Vestibular ligament
• Cricotracheal ligament
• Vocal ligament
• Hyoepiglottic ligament

Q3. Where does each vocal ligament attach anteriorly?

• Inner surface of the thyroid cartilage
• Epiglottic apex
• Hyoid body
• Cricoid lamina

Q4. Where does each vocal ligament attach posteriorly?

• Vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage
• Muscular process of the arytenoid cartilage
• Corniculate cartilage
• Superior horn of the thyroid cartilage

Q5. What opening lies between the right and left true vocal folds?

• Rima glottidis
• Laryngeal ventricle
• Piriform recess
• Vallecula

Q6. What happens to the vocal folds during inspiration?

• They fully adduct
• They abduct
• They invert over the inlet
• They fuse at the midline

Q7. What happens to the vocal folds during normal phonation?

• They move into the piriform recesses
• They become fixed against the epiglottis
• They remain maximally abducted
• They adduct and vibrate

Q8. Which muscle is the only intrinsic laryngeal muscle that abducts the vocal folds?

• Posterior cricoarytenoid
• Cricothyroid
• Transverse arytenoid
• Lateral cricoarytenoid

Q9. Which nerve supplies most intrinsic muscles that move the vocal folds?

• Recurrent laryngeal nerve
• Hypoglossal nerve
• Internal laryngeal nerve
• Glossopharyngeal nerve

Q10. Which folds lie immediately superior to the true vocal folds?

• Palatopharyngeal folds
• Aryepiglottic folds
• Glossoepiglottic folds
• Vestibular folds