Sentences with phrase «lacking pharyngeal»

This was a crucial disadvantage for many fish - eating cichlids when the first competitor lacking pharyngeal jaws appeared in Lake Victoria around 60 years ago: while the Nile perch can swallow fish whole, cichlids have to grind them down in an extremely time - consuming process.

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Any membranous part of the airway lacking cartilaginous support, including the tongue, soft palate, uvula, tonsillar pillars and pharyngeal walls, can vibrate.

(1) Due to lack of progesterone, the pharyngeal dilator muscle activity is effected.