Evolution has largely deprived us of our ability to swivel our ears, but those vestigial muscles still activate when we listen intently, according to new research.

To test whether humans still use auricular muscles — which once helped move our primate ancestors’ ears to funnel sound — scientists attached electrodes to the sides of people’s heads, and asked them ...

A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.

Background: Posterior abdominal wall deficiency (PAWD ... Objective: To assess lower limb and abdominal muscle strength of patients with PAWD before intervention compared with matched controls; to ...

Patrik Laine’s final shift of the Montreal Canadiens game in Anaheim on Sunday afternoon began at 5:45 of the third period with the game tied 2-2. Five seconds later, while standing near the ...

Perioperative posterior cervical muscle plane block significantly decreased numerical pain rating scores 2 hours and 12 hours following procedure, with fewer adverse events, compared with general ...

‘Muscles attach to tendons, which then attach to bone ... which he says can ‘cause some tightness in the posterior chain’ – the posterior chain including, as you may have guessed ...

An exam generally begins with evaluation of the gross appearance of the shoulder, looking for scapular paraspinous atrophy that may occur in the older patient with combined chronic glenohumeral ...

such as the muscles of your limbs, head, neck, and body. They are attached to bones and respond to neuromuscular signals from the brain that communicate with individual muscle fibers and cause them to ...

Meanwhile, electrical signals from the ear's left and right superior auricular and posterior auricular muscles, as well as the jaw's masseter muscles, were recorded and later processed for a ...