Few everyday experiences are as reliably disappointing as taking a big, hopeful gulp of orange juice right after brushing ...

Swallowing is one of the most obvious functions the epiglottis serves because it covers the airway, or larynx, when you eat and drink. When you swallow, the muscles in your throat respond by pulling ...

In this quick science short, I share my pick for the most underappreciated body part the epiglottis. Using a model and simple ...

Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China Dr H L Ng, Department of Clinical Pathology, Tuen Mun Hospital, Tsing Chung Koon Road, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong SAR, China; ...

RECENT reviews of acute respiratory disease in childhood 1,2 have failed to emphasize the importance of epiglottitis. Unless physicians are cognizant of the clinical features of this rapidly ...

aDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada bDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada ...

Demonstrating lollipop user interface to simulate taste in virtual and augmented reality environments. Credit: Lu et al, 2024/PNAS Virtual reality (VR) technology has long sought to incorporate the ...

The glossopharyngeal nerve, which is also called the ninth cranial nerve, has both sensory (sensation) functions and motor (movement) functions in the body, as well as specialized sensory function and ...

Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a severe form of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) that is strongly correlated with comorbidities, in which epiglottic collapse (EC) and other contributing ...