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
Is This What You Want? the Walrus",<ref name="Staunton/RM 04">Terry Staunton, "Jackie Lomax: "Is This What You Want?"", "Record Collector", July 2004; available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required; retrieved 31 October 2012).</ref> and, conversely, pre-empting the similar-sounding "Come Together" by a full year.<ref name="Unterberger/AM">Richie Unterberger, "Jackie Lomax "Is This What You Want?"", AllMusic (retrieved 31 October 2012).</ref> Recording for "Is This What You Want?" began at EMI Studios in London in June 1968 and continued through the summer in between Harrison's work on the Beatles' White Album. While working alone at Trident Studios, down the hall from where the band were recording, Lomax was invited to