The film discusses the anatomical and functional significance of the nose, throat, and ears from a medical perspective. It explains how the nose functions as an air passage that warms and filters ...

Learn why some people swallow loudly and discover effective ways to manage this common condition. Find out when loud ...

Swallowing is one of the most obvious functions the epiglottis serves because it covers the airway, or larynx, when you eat and drink. When you swallow, the muscles in your throat respond by ...

In February, he was hospitalized with pneumonia. His epiglottis — a flap in the neck that directs food to the stomach and air to the lungs — doesn’t always shut completely, another ...

But in the middle of the breath, the reflex tells your epiglottis—the little flap at the top of your throat that keeps food out of your windpipe—to snap shut. That’s the “hic” noise ...

However, he scratched out a few days before the race with a trapped epiglottis. As it turns out, Kopion is a daughter of Omaha Beach. She is certainly built for speed having won all five of her ...

In the body, there are two main pipes — the windpipe (trachea) and the esophagus (food pipe). When we swallow food, a flap called the epiglottis partially covers the windpipe to prevent food from ...

but he had to be withdrawn the Wednesday before the Derby that year with an entrapped epiglottis. Mandella had to wait another six years, but it's doubtful anyone will begrudge him a Grade I win ...

On Saturday, War Front's son Omaha Beach sired uber-impressive GI Derby City Distaff Stakes winner Kopion, who not only got the highest Beyer Speed Figure of the weekend with a 109, but also set ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing an increase in cases of viral upper respiratory infections this week. WellSpan ...