Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD 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 ...

When air from the lungs rushes against and through the muscles, cartilages, and other tissue of the vocal cords, they rapidly open and ... In addition to the anatomy of the SVT, humans have evolved ...

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

When you talk, your vocal cords—which are essentially two pieces of muscle in your voice box—usually touch each other and then vibrate, creating sounds. But in some people, vocal cords lose ...

Kennedy has a rare disorder called spasmodic dysphonia — a spasm of the vocal muscles. Kennedy is one of an estimated 50,000 people in North America with spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological ...

Perhaps your voice is raspier than it once was. Or it might sound more quavery. These kinds of problems can be common as we age, often starting in our 60s, and they affect about 19 percent of all ...