Sentences with phrase «catsnip voicebox»

The larynx (plural larynges), or voicebox, is an organ in the neck of mammals involved in protection of the trachea and sound production.

Simpler organs such as windpipes and voicebox tissue have been built and transplanted into people with varying levels of success, but not without controversy (see «Rocky road to replacement organs «-RRB-.

The four electrodes were poised above a region called the HVc, known to be part of the bird's song production system, or another region called the RA, a subordinate region that receives input from the HVc and activates the muscles of the syrinx — the bird's voicebox.

Further, the configuration of the human larynx is novel among primates: The voicebox has evolved downward, and half the tongue is lodged in the throat, giving us an exquisite ability to articulate — particularly the vowels so important for speech.

It's unclear what type of throat cancer Moran had, but the term is usually used to describe either cancer of the larynx (also known as the voicebox) or the pharynx (the upper portion of the throat, behind the mouth and nasal cavity).

The thyroid is a small butterfly - shaped gland inside the neck, located in front of the trachea (windpipe) and below the larynx (voicebox).

Phytates have been shown to inhibit the growth of human leukemia cells, colon cancer cells, both estrogen receptor - positive and negative breast cancer cells, voicebox cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, liver tumors, pancreatic, melanoma, and muscle cancers.

His voicebox leaps, crouches and sings with a size more befitting the scale of a Middle - earth blockbuster than this low - key cartoon.

Everted laryngeal saccules — these are pouches of tissue near the voicebox that can be sucked into the airway as the cat breathes.

Many of these dogs develop secondary laryngeal (voicebox) collapse and this can make their symptoms worse.

This puts the dog's trachea (windpipe) and larynx (voicebox) in harm's way.

Everted Laryngeal Saccules Laryngeal Saccules are small pouches that are located behind the larynx, or voicebox.