Most birds, and by that we mean 97 percent of all species, don’t have external genitalia and instead have what’s known as a cloaca (as did dinosaurs ). Seen in birds, reptiles, amphibians, some fish, ...

Pull your ear forward and it’ll ping back, thanks to the elastic cartilage it’s made up of. Elastic cartilage is actually quite rare as tissue types go, and a pivotal clue during the team’s ...

Cartilage cells that contain fat explain why some skeletal tissues are less rigid than others, and could one day be grown in ...

A new study describes a type of cartilage that may have been discovered, forgotten and found again at several points in ...

A newly identified cartilage cell generates fat vacuoles and makes the surrounding tissues pliable. This helps keep the ear ...

It turns out that the cartilage inside your ears and nose is different from that found elsewhere in the body, with a fatty ...

The composition of nodes that effectively transmit sinusoidal waves in a model network resembling C. elegans' electrical synapses network changes according to the waves' wavenumber.

It also supplies nerves to the part of the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity and to the skin of the eyelids, eyebrows, forehead, and nose. The ophthalmic nerve is purely a sensory nerve, and it ...

These changes highlight your immune system's response. This is the baseline for a healthy nose. It's mostly water, combined with proteins, salts and cells that keep the nasal passages moist and ...

Saline drops and rinses are a quick way to clear mucus from the nose. For long-term relief from seasonal stuffiness, itching and sneezing, many doctors recommend nasal steroids, sold as Flonase ...