Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal recessive ciliopathy characterised by rod-cone dystrophy, obesity, postaxial polydactyly, cognitive impairment, hypogonadism, renal abnormalities, and ...

A new study describes a type of cartilage that may have been discovered, forgotten and found again at several points in history.

Lung-function characteristics in ALS were lower than predicted (table 1). In patients with progressive bulbar ALS, 4/7 subjects had an abnormal epiglottis: three had a juvenile and high-standing ...

In a hyoid suspension surgery, a surgeon moves the base of the tongue and elastic throat tissue called the epiglottis forward. This helps open the breathing passage more deeply into the throat.

For example, a structure in the throat called the epiglottis flexibly flaps back and forth during swallowing to stop food from getting into the respiratory tract. After studying mice, the ...

MRI data consisted of five common ultrasonographic variables used to predict difficult laryngoscopy, but none was a valuable predictor: skin to hyoid (p=0.18), skin to midpoint of epiglottis (p=0.72), ...

Trainer Paul Messara says black type is the key for boom country mare Clear Thinking this autumn as she prepares to put her ...

The hyoid bone is located above the area of the Adam's apple and below the tonsils and the epiglottis. You can even move your hyoid from side to side—for safety's sake, very gently—by lightly touching ...