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 retroflex movement of epiglottis (a passive dorsal rotation) was observed to partly occlude the laryngeal inlet in some cases, either as a rapid movement or lasting throughout the insufflation ...

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

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18 This includes the mouth, tongue, oropharynx, hypopharynx, hyoid bone, epiglottis, larynx, vocal cords, cricothyroid membrane, cricoid cartilages and trachea.19 Ultrasonography, as a portable, ...

"It forms the entire ear cartilage," as well as the vast majority of larynx, or voice box ... is required and unlike the body's other cartilages, such as joint cartilage, these structures are ...

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; hwoy{at}zju.edu.cn Objectives This study investigated the stage-specific and location-specific deposition and characteristics of minerals in human ...