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Our vocal tract although a relatively small part of the human anatomy is an amazing part of our body the vocal tract is the cavity found in humans that is responsible for producing sounds . The human vocal tract is basically a tube with two flaps just above the lungs and its diaphragm muscles which pump out air figure 116the vocal tract is much like a saxophone with the reed vibrating at the top of the tube our vocal flaps can vibrate faster or slower producing higher or lower pitches. The human vocal tract anatomy function development and evolution byron j bailey md author affiliations the answer may be discoverable through studies of the evolution of the human vocal tract and this book is a compendium of the best information available on this subject the story unfolds through an integration of important