Category: V

The ability to use the will. Act or state of willing or choosing.  

The larynx, a hollow organ containing the vocal cords at the back of the throat, which produces sounds.  

The sound made when a person speaks or sings. A sound uttered by human beings produced by vibration of the vocal cords.  

A ligament in the centre of the vocal cords. The thickened free edges of the elastic cone extending from the thyroid angle to the vocal processes of arytenoid cartilages. They support the vocal folds.  

A vibration of the chest when a person speaks or coughs. Palpable vibration in the chest wall produced by voice sounds due to consolidates or congestion. Vibrations of the voice transmitted to the ear during auscultation of the chest of a person speaking. In determining vocal fremitus, the following precautions should be observed: Symmetric parts…

The position of the vocal cords for speaking.  

The usual condition of the vocal cords in quiet breathing.  

Referring to the voice.  

The act of dissecting a living animal as an experiment. Operating surgically on live animals for research purposes. Vivisection has traditionally been used by scientists to learn more about physiological and pathological processes. For example, vivisection might be used to observe the effects of certain drugs on a beating heart. The animal is anesthetized before…

A transparent jelly which fills the main cavity behind the lens in the eye. The vitreous humor is a clear, jelly-like substance that occupies the space in the back of the eye, situated between the crystalline lens and the retina. It is primarily made up of water.