Trachea are generally highly elastic but they may calcify with age. The trachealis muscle connects the ends of the incomplete rings and contracts during coughing, reducing the size of the lumen of the trachea to increase the rate of air flow. The esophagus lies posteriorly to the trachea, adjoining along the tracheoesophageal stripe. Circular horizontal bands of fibrous tissue called the annular ligaments of trachea join the tracheal rings together. The cartilaginous rings are incomplete to allow the trachea to collapse slightly so that food can pass down the esophagus. A flap-like epiglottis closes the opening to the larynx during swallowing
What Is Life the Harrison YouTube channel and other media platforms. A live version of the song, recorded with Eric Clapton and his band in December 1991, is available on Harrison's 1992 album "Live in Japan" album. The performance was recorded at Tokyo Dome on 17 December, during the final show of the tour. Part of a concert performance of "What Is Life" from Harrison's 1974 North American tour with Shankar is included in Scorsese's "George Harrison: Living in the Material World". While challenging the commonly held view that this controversial 1974 tour was a "disaster", Simon Leng writes of a Fort Worth