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Additions to "Roaring" in big cats
Citation: Hast, M H (1989-04). "The larynx of roaring and non-roaring cats". Journal of Anatomy. 163: 117–121. ISSN 0021-8782. PMC 1256521. PMID 2606766 [] The larynx is attached to the hyoid bone that is hanging from a sequence of bones. This sequence of bones the hyoid hangs from are tympanhoyal, stylohal, epihyal, and ceratohyal; these are located in the mandible and skull. In the larynx there are vocal folds that produce the structure needed to stretch the ligament to a length that creates the roar effect. Unlike non-roaring cats, they are distinguished by a large pad of fibro-elastic tissue that allows for a large vocal fold. This tissue is made of a thick collagen and elastic fiber that becomes denser as it approaches the epithelial mucosal lining. When this large pad folds it creates a low natural frequency, and once it begins to vibrate the sound moves from a high to low air resistance which makes the roaring.

Gil6362 (talk) 21:25, 23 October 2020 (UTC)Natalie Gil