Name: Julie Anna M.

Paares

Course & Year: BSIT 2

SPEECH ORGAN

FUNCTION/S

Lips

form different shapes, such as an oval, and

movements in order to make different sounds.

a very important articulator and it can be

moved into many different places and different
shapes.

Tongue

helps produces vowels through its different

positions.
is divided into different parts: the tip, blade,
front , back, and root.

located between the top front teeth and the

hard palate.

Alveolar Ridge

Esophagus

Trachea

with the help of the tongue it produces some

of the consonant sounds (e.g. /t/ and /d/)
called alveolar

is an air passage to the stomach.

it is an air passage between the lungs and

the larynx.

Pharynx

Vocal cords

also called Windpipe.

is a tube above the larynx connecting to the

oral cavity.

are folds of tissue located in the larynx

that are involved in producing speech sounds.
responsible for voice and voicelessness of
speech sound.

Nasal cavity

serves as a chamber in which speech

resonates.