During the insertion of the probe, contraction of the pharyngeal muscles can often hinder the advancement of the probe, leading to changes in the curvature of the probe tip. If the curved TEE probe is ...

Humming is a fun and effective exercise for the muscles in your throat, including the cricopharyngeal muscle. By changing the ...

Voluntary muscles, also known as skeletal muscles, are muscles that can be consciously controlled, such as the muscles of your limbs, head, neck, and body. They are attached to bones and respond to ...

nus.edu.sg The pharyngeal-cervical-brachial (PCB) variant of Guillain–Barré syndrome is defined by rapidly progressive oropharyngeal and cervicobrachial weakness associated with areflexia in the upper ...

Summary: Humans have vestigial ear muscles that once helped our ancestors focus on sounds. New research shows these muscles still activate when we strain to hear in noisy environments. Scientists used ...

Phasic and tonic genioglossus muscle activity and tonic tensor palatini muscle activity falls during sleep ... During sleep, with supine positioning there is a rostral shift in fluid, leading to ...

“It is not always related to age. Other underlying conditions include neurological disorders causing muscle weakness, swallowing difficulties, or laryngeal and pharyngeal muscle weakness or paralysis, ...

Sarcopenic dysphagia is defined as difficulty in swallowing due to sarcopenia, which may be related to weakness of the tongue muscles. This meta-analysis aimed to explore the association between ...

Intercostal muscle strains are the most common type of musculoskeletal chest pain. The intercostal muscles are thin muscles that attach between the ribs. During breathing, the external intercostals ...

This study provides a valuable new resource to investigate the molecular basis of the particular features characterizing the pipefish embryo. The authors found both unique and shared gene expression ...