Why Human Speech Is Special | The Scientist Magazine®
The larynx, which rests atop the trachea, is anchored to the root of the tongue. As infants suckle, they raise the larynx to ... "the strange fact that every particle of food and drink which we swallow has to pass over the orifice of the trachea, with some ...
Week in Review: February 1-5 | The Scientist Magazine®
The Karolinska Institute may reopen its investigation into the work of artificial trachea researcher Paolo Macchiarini based on ...
Matters of Taste | The Scientist Magazine®
In the trachea, T2R agonists cause muscle relaxation (see above), but it is not clear how a bitter substance would have access ... The smooth muscle of the trachea is buried beneath a relatively tight airway epithelium, and so it seems unlikely that an ... to the smooth muscle cells of the trachea under normal conditions. ...