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Histological and histomorphometric study of the cranial digestive tract of ostriches (Struthio camelus) with advancing age

open access: yesVeterinární Medicína, 2021
The present study was conducted to determine the histological and histomorphometric variations in the tongue, oesophagus, proventriculus, and gizzard of ostriches (Struthio camelus) with regards to the sex and advancing age.
Z Umar, Qureshi AS, R Shahid, F Deeba
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Do airstream mechanisms influence tongue movement paths? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Velar consonants often show an elliptical pattern of tongue movement in symmetrical vowel contexts, but the forces responsible for this remain unclear. We here consider the role of overpressure (increased intraoral air pressure) behind the constriction ...
Christine Mooshammer B   +4 more
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Lipoma Tongue – A Rare Site For A Common Neoplasm [PDF]

open access: yesNational Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2012
Lipomas are among the most common mesenchymal neoplasms, however, only 15%-20% involve the head and neck and 1%-4% affect the oral cavity. Lipoma of the tongue represents about 0.3% of all benign lesions of the oral cavity.
Ranjan Agrawal
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Optimizing the Use of an Artificial Tongue-Placed Tactile Biofeedback for Improving Ankle Joint Position Sense in Humans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The performance of an artificial tongue-placed tactile biofeedback device for improving ankle joint position sense was assessed in 12 young healthy adults using an active matching task.
Chenu, Olivier   +4 more
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Lost tongues [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2009
SummaryThe world faces losing hundreds of languages according to a new Unesco atlas, writes Nigel Williams.
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Dimensional and volumetric analysis of the oropharyngeal region in obstructive sleep apnea patients: A cone beam computed tomography study

open access: yesDental Research Journal, 2016
Background: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a potentially life-threatening condition in which there is a periodic cessation of breathing (for 10 sec or longer) that occurs during sleep in the presence of inspiratory effort.
Tripti Tikku   +5 more
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Intramuscular lipoma of tongue: A common tumor at an uncommon site

open access: yesMedical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2015
Lipomas are common benign soft tissue tumors and usually occur in the back, neck and shoulder regions. Intraoral lipomas are infrequent, and its occurrence in the tongue is uncommon.
Shailaja Prabhala   +3 more
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A Method for Determining the Optimal Location of a Distributed Sensor/Actuator

open access: yesShock and Vibration, 1994
The optimal location problem of distributed sensor/actuator for observation and control of a flexible structure is investigated. Using a property of controllability and observability grammian matrices, this approach employs a nonlinear optimization ...
Byeongsik Ko   +2 more
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Intraspeaker Comparisons of Acoustic and Articulatory Variability in American English /r/ Productions [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
The purpose of this report is to test the hypothesis that speakers utilize an acoustic, rather than articulatory, planning space for speech production. It has been well-documented that many speakers of American English use different tongue configurations
Boyce, Suzanne E.   +5 more
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Tongue

open access: yeseTropic: electronic journal of studies in the Tropics, 2017
A poem for Khona. Khona (or Lilabati) was a legendary poetess and astrologer of Bengal, sometime between the ninth and 12th centuries AD. Married to the son of Varahamihira, one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers of all time, her predictions were said to have surpassed even her father-in-law’s in their precision.
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