vocal folds

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

In humans, our voices come from vibrations when air passes over structures called vocal folds in our throat.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024

The researchers, whose work wasn’t funded by the military, examined footage of the vocal folds of 14 trans women as they spoke.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 17, 2023

Because the tissue and muscle in the vocal folds can become engorged with that extra blood, he said, “it can change the ways the vocal folds themselves oscillate.”

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2023