Stick Out Your Tongue

Click;  September 1, 2007 ;     561 words ...Tricky Tongues When a blue-tongued skink feels scared, it opens its mouth, sticks out its tongue, and hisses. The sight of the shocking blue tongue in the skink's bright pink mouth can be so surprising it scares off enemies - or at least confuses...

tongue

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      390 words ...tongue / tə ng / • n. 1. the fleshy muscular organ...the mouthparts and used in feeding. ∎  the tongue of a hoofed mammal, in particular an ox or lamb, as food...of speaking: he was a redoubtable debater with a caustic tongue. ∎  a particular language: the prioress ...

Diseases of the tongue

Dermatology Times;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......conditions of the mouth-particularly the tongue-because these problems tend to cross into...pigmentary, texture and other changes on the tongue often turn first to dermatologists for...UCSF) Medical Center, San Francisco. Tongue anatomy 101 Knowing basic tongue anatomy...

HEALTH: LICK yourself into shape; The only time most of us pay attention...

The Mirror (London, England);  August 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Text by Suzanne Archer. Analysing your tongue's colour, shape and texture can give you...most alternative practitioners all use tongue analysis as a vital tool when examining...You can read a person's life from their tongue,' says naturopath Roderick Lane. Surgical...

UT researchers working on chip to mimic human tongue

University Wire;  October 2, 1998 ;     546 words ......researchers have developed an "electronic tongue" that, its makers say, will be able to...holds up an example of the electronic tongue a team has been working on for several...a device to mimic the functions of the tongue," said Eric Anslyn, one of the tongue...

Acute edema of the tongue: A life-threatening condition

The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......problem is often obscure. Edema of the tongue may be due to angioedema or to allergy...present several cases of acute edema of the tongue, in 3 cases causing life-threatening airway...first case of acute enlargement of the tongue due to the ingestion of artichoke. KEY...

Woman becomes one of first to swallow without tongue

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  August 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......After she found an indentation in her tongue near her throat, she went to the doctor. Cancer had spread through her tongue. To save her life, surgeons would need...her, "A person cannot live without a tongue." It savors food, moistens lips, cleans...

HEALTH? IT'S ON THE TIP OF YOUR TONGUE; STICK IT OUT IF YOU DARE - IT'LL...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  August 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ......in front of the mirror and stick out your tongue. Do you know the colour - healthy pink or...but many would be surprised to hear the tongue is the window to your health. Looking at the tongue, the doctor has a map of what's going wrong...

Ailing Tongue still helps rookie safety Coleman

New Haven Register;  August 10, 2004 ;     508 words ...HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Reggie Tongue doesn't know what is tougher to take -- his left calf...take hold of the New York Jets strong safety job that Tongue was brought in to solidify. Tongue was one of the NFL's most durable players in his first...

Arm flesh used to replace portion of cancerous tongue

Winnipeg Free Press;  March 22, 2007 ;     418 words ......Walsh, it began as a little nip on the tongue -- sore and tender, but not a big deal...public-school teacher, was diagnosed with tongue cancer. "It surprised me incredibly, because...underwent surgery to remove one-third of her tongue two weeks later. She had a unique procedure...

SEEKING COMFORT ZONE SAFETY TONGUE FINDING RANGE WITH SEAHAWKS.(Sports)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ...When Reggie Tongue signed with the Seahawks as an unrestricted...fullback, was blocking on a play where Tongue, the Kansas City Chiefs' strong safety...underneath my pad and he broke this,'' Tongue said, flipping up the extension flap on...

BLOODY TONGUE CALLED PART OF SANTERIA CURSE.(News)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  April 8, 2001 ;     558 words ......Writer Those suspected of hanging a cow's tongue from a tree outside the Lancaster welfare...to sacrifice a young cow to obtain the tongue, court records allege. Richard F. Smith...Valley Santeria priest researched how the tongue was obtained and discovered that some...

Researchers working on tongue-controlled keyboard

Oakland Tribune;  August 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ATLANTA -- The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps...Tech researchers believe a magnetic, tongue-powered system could transform a disabled...computer, teeth into a keyboard -- and tongue into the key that manipulates it all...

Surgeons encouraged after carrying out the world's first tongue transplant...

The Scotsman;  July 22, 2003 ;     343 words ......carried out what is believed to be the first tongue transplant on a human being. The operation...team worked for four hours removing the tongue from the donor while a second team reconnected the tongue's muscle tissue, nerve endings, arteries...

Cancer victim receives world's first tongue transplant

The Scotsman;  July 22, 2003 ;     343 words ......carried out what is believed to be the first tongue transplant on a human being. The operation...team worked for four hours removing the tongue from the donor while a second team reconnected the tongue's muscle tissue, nerve endings, arteries...