Refinements in modeling the passive properties of laryngeal soft tissue

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 206-219

  Hunter, Eric J ^a   Titze, Ingo R ^a,b  

^a Denver Center for the Performing Arts   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine larynx; Cricothyroid muscle; Interarytenoid muscle; Laryngeal muscles; Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle; Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle; Thyroarytenoid muscle; Vocal ligament; Vocal posturing; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; CRICOTHYROID MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERESIS; INTERARYTENOID MUSCLE; LARYNX; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX MUSCLE; LATERAL CRICOARYTENOID MUSCLE; LIGAMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR CRICOARYTENOID MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THYROARYTENOID MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY; VOCAL CORD;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUCOSA; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LARYNX; LIGAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 34447620523     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00892.2006     Document Type: Article

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