The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) anatomy is designed to supply function to most muscles of the larynx (voice box). It branches from the vagus nerve (cranial nerve 10) but follows an unusual pathway ...

Laryngeal cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the larynx (voice box). The larynx helps you breathe, speak, and swallow. It houses your vocal cords, which create the sound of your voice ...

Rep. Nancy Mace's assertion that "real women don't have Adam's apples" inspired social media users to share photos of her ...

The size of vocal cords affects the pitch of voice. They are composed of twin infoldings of mucous membrane stretched horizontally, from back to front, across the larynx. They vibrate, modulating the ...

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Thinking of or listening to another song can help us get rid of the one stuck in our head, Jakubowski said. “It’s super hard ...

The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it forms from two smaller blood vessels, called the ...

The monkeys' "ultra-yodels" had frequency leaps that were five times larger than human frequency changes, often exceeding ...

If you can sing "la la la," then you have a larynx! It's the fancy word for the voice box, which works with air from your lungs to let you talk, whisper, sing, and yell. Thanks, larynx!