temporomandibular joint  The jaw joint; in front of the ear canal, a synovial joint between the mandibular condyle and skull anterior to the ear canal thyroarytenoid muscle  An intrinsic laryngeal muscle that comprises the bulk of the vocal fold (paired). The medial belly constitutes the body of the vocal fold thyroid cartilage  Greek for shield; the largest laryngeal cartilage. It is open in the back and is made up of two plates (thyroid laminae) joined in the front at the midline. In males, there is a prominence superiorly known as the " Adam's Apple"

timbre  The quality of a sound. Associated with complexity, or the number, nature, and interaction of overtones tonsillitis Inflammation of the tonsil tremolo  An aesthetically displeasing, excessively wide vibrato. The term is also used in music to refer to an ornament used by composers and performers trill In early music (Renaissance) where it referred to an ornament that involved repetition of the same note. That ornament is now referred to as a trillo