Which of the following is a respiratory response to the presence of a foreign object or irritation?  

    In the falsetto mode of vibration, the vocal folds vibrate along their margins as a unit.  

An 8-year-old girl presents to the clinic for moodiness and irritability. The child has begun to develop breasts and pubic hair and the parents are concerned that the child is at too early an age for this to begin. The nurse knows that these symptoms may be indicative of what disorder?

    The thyromuscularis muscle is primarily responsible for relaxing the vocal folds.  

A 7-month-old infant is admitted to the hospital for sepsis. She weighs 22 lbs. Medication order: Amoxicillin 2.5 mg IV q 12 hr  Amoxicillin is available in a vial of 10mg/2ml How much volume would you withdrawal from the vial for each does? _______________________

Which of the following causes the vocal folds to return to their resting position after having been blown open during a cycle of phonation?  

Increased subgottal pressure isn’t necessary to sustain pitch  

The nurse is speaking to the mother of an adolescent recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The mother asks the nurse how her son’s basketball training will affect his blood sugar. Which is the best response by the nurse?

Vocal fold abuse is a common cause of vocal fold nodules?  

Vocal harmonics are whole-number multiples of the fundamental frequency.