The esophagus and pharynx have been opened to show the connections of the nasal cavity, oral cavity, larynx, and esophagus into the pharynx. The arrow (b, bottom left) represents the path that food ...

Visualization of the larynx and pharynx is an essential part of a complete head and neck examination. Although the location of these structures often precludes direct visualization, simple techniques ...

Perforation of the posterior pharyngeal wall during or immediately after delivery produced symptoms of esophageal atresia and traumatic diverticulums of the pharynx in two newborn infants. Nasogastric ...

The elastic recoil of the lungs provides the necessary acoustic energy, while the diaphragm, intercostal muscles, and abdominal muscles manipulate how that air is released through the larynx, a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Independent sucking/swallowing pharynges, as found in members of at least ten animal phyla, are pharynges that are opened by muscles that are ...

Silvia Franceschi, Fabio Levi, Ettore Conti, Renato Talamini, Eva Negri, Luigino Dal Maso, Peter Boyle, Adriano Decarli and Carlo La Vecchia Objective: To explore the role of energy and macronutrients ...

Holding back a sneeze by pinching your nose while keeping your mouth closed may cause physical injury, doctors writing in the journal BMJ Case Reports have reaffirmed. In one such documented case, an ...

The newly sequenced genomes of two marine worms are shedding light on the 570 million-year evolution of gills into the pharynx that today gives humans the ability to bite, chew, swallow and speak. The ...