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Diagram of a human head in profile showing the location of vocal organs and possible places of articulation for speech sounds, with labels for lips, teeth, tongue, palate, uvula, pharynx, and vocal cords, and numbered regions corresponding to types of articulation such as bilabial, alveolar, and velar.
View of the base of a modern human skull with labeled anatomical features, including the foramen magnum, occiput, occipital condyle, glenoid fossa, zygomatic arch, and palate.
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