vocal folds
folds of throat tissues that help to create sounds through vocalization
AI overview
Your vocal folds are two small folds of tissue in your throat that vibrate to create the sounds you make when speaking or singing. They're essential to how you communicate because they generate the sound waves that form the basis of your voice.
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Research
14,775 papers- Endoscopic Thermography of Vocal Folds: A New Method.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2021
- Vocal Cord Disorders.Primary care · 2025
- Structure, Function and Insertion of the Human Vocal Folds.Advances in oto-rhino-laryngology · 2020
- Twin vocal folds as a novel evolutionary adaptation for vocal communications in lemurs.Scientific reports · 2024
- Hyaluronic Acid Concentration in Female Vocal Folds With Reinke's Edema.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2022
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Article
Vocal folds (open) Vocal folds (speaking)
The vocal cords, also known as vocal folds, are folds of throat tissues that are key in creating sounds through vocalization. The length of the vocal cords affects the pitch of voice, similar to a stringed musical instrument. Open when breathing and vibrating for speech or singing, the folds are controlled via the recurrent laryngeal branch of the vagus nerve. They are composed of twin infoldings of mucous membrane stretched horizontally, from back to front, across the larynx. They vibrate, modulating the flow of air being expelled from the lungs during phonation.