Peripharyngeal tissue deformation and stress distributions in response to caudal tracheal displacement: Pivotal influence of the hyoid bone?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 746-756

  Amatoury, Jason ^a,b,c   Kairaitis, Kristina ^a,b   Wheatley, John R ^a,b   Bilston, Lynne E ^c   Amis, Terence C ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lung volume; Pharynx; Tissue pressure; Tracheal traction; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HYOID BONE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RABBIT; RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HYOID BONE; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT; PHARYNX; PRESSURE; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA;

EID: 84901238221     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01245.2013     Document Type: Article

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