Question

The length of vocal chord is shortest of  _______________
1. men
2. women
3. children
4. all have same length of vocal chord

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : children

• The sound is produced by vibration. 
• In humans, the sound is produced by the voice box or the larynx. 
• It can be felt as a hard bump on the throat that seems to move while swallowing food
• This part of the body is known as the voice box. 
• It is at the upper end of the windpipe. 
• Two vocal chord, are stretched across the voice larynx in such that a narrow slit is left between them for the passage of air. 
• The length of vocal chord differs in men and women. For men it is around 20 mm and females it is 15 mm. For children, it is 10 mm.