The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is critical for speech as it provides nerve function to muscles in the larynx, or voice box. People have two RLNs, one on each side of the neck. Instead of ...

A subject of high importance: the recurrent laryngeal nerve has been one of the best cases for evolution due to the alarmingly obscure detour its route is forced to take. It begins in the brain ...

Why does having something pushed into my ear make me cough? • This phenomenon is called Arnold's ear-cough reflex. It occurs in about 2 per cent of the population and was first described in 1832 ...

Doctors replaced Heidler's larynx, or voice box, along with part of his trachea, throat and nerves. Because they didn't want to disrupt the larynx's blood supply, they also transplanted the nearby ...

Anatomy and development and physiology of the larynx. Clarence T. Sasaki. GI Motility online (2006) doi:10.1038 ... † Given difference in length between right and left recurrent laryngeal nerves ...