The larynx is larger, more variable in size, and has undergone faster rates of evolution in primates than in carnivores, according to a study published August 11, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ...
The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is critical for speech as it provides nerve function to muscles in the larynx, or voice box. People have two RLNs, one on each side of the neck. Instead of ...
Professor Sophie Scott explains how sounds are made in our larynx when the vocal folds vibrate. She then demonstrates a larynx in action with the help of Professor Martin Birchall (a consultant head ...
To speak, to communicate abstract and complex ideas, is a uniquely human trait. The vocal cords that allow this are in the voice box, or – to give it its correct medical name – larynx, a part of the ...
Question: After a recent cold, I began experiencing a very scary breathing problem. I would begin to cough uncontrollably; suddenly my throat would tighten and I would be unable to breathe. No matter ...
A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely ...
A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely ...