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articulator
a movable speech organ
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glottis
the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated
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larynx, voice box
a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech
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jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla
the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
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clapper, glossa, lingua, tongue
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
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lip
either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
