Posted. The New England Patriots are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of former guard Sam Adams, who played with the Patriots from 1972 through the 1980 season.
The base of tongue is the site for the posterior opening of the oral cavity, the entrance of the pharynx and esophagus, and the inferior aspect of the nasopharynx .The surgical management of malignant neoplasms of the tongue base remains difficult despite recent advances in diagnostic techniques.ny alteration in tongue and pharynx mobility is immediately recognized as altered speech. Any loss of tissue from the base of tongue area prevents a watertight closure with the larynx during the act of swallowing.
The Avian Syrinx. Birds, like other vertebrates, have a larynx at the cranial end of their trachea, but their vocalizations are produced in a unique vocal organ, the syrinx, which is located in the thorax at or near the junction where the two primary bronchi join to form the caudal end of the trachea.