What is the tensile strenght of vocal cords?

Subject: What is the tensile strenght of vocal cords?

Date: Wed Dec 11 12:21:00 2002
Posted by Martin Yost
Grade level: undergrad School: GOCC
City: Centreville State/Province: MI Country: USA
Area of science: Anatomy
ID: 1039627260.An

Message:


First off are vocal cords muscles? If so they would have to be really strong. 
So I want to know what the tensile strength of the average human’s vocal cords 
are. And also would it differ if a person were really soft spoken or didn't 
talk much, and say a politician

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