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• n  either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx

• vocal cord
• vocal band
• plica vocalis

News & Articles

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• The elephant in the room: Elephant vocal folds may hold clues to human sound production
  Christian Herbst and his colleagues from the University of Vienna, Austria, have known for just little over a year that elephants produce sound in a similar way to humans, namely by the passive flow-induced vibration of the vocal folds. But just how similar are they to us? Herbst finds out that in many aspects they are different to us, but unusual properties of the vocal fold may in turn help us ...
  Oct. 16, 2013 - EurekAlert!