It involves a more extreme form of the laryngealconstrictorjust described.
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This type of airflowconstrictorhas, to our knowledge, not been documented before.
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Direct observation reveals how the tongue operates in conjunction with the laryngealconstrictormechanism to change vowel quality.
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The cholinesterase and acetylcholine content of the chick retina with special reference to functional activity as indicated by the pupillaryconstrictorreflex.
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The upper oesophageal sphincter relaxes to receive the bolus of food that is then transferred to the oesophagus by the action of the superior pharyngealconstrictormuscle.
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An active state of peripheral vasodilation, whether through decreasedconstrictorsensitivity or enhanced dilator synthesis thus provides the most obvious explanation for a fall in peripheral resistance.
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However, he unfortunately brought to the debate all the panache and charm of a boaconstrictor.
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Therefore, boa constrictors are not on the list either.
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I am told that my nephew attends a school that has two boa constrictors on the premises.
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Some five years ago a boaconstrictorescaped from a garage within a few miles of her home.
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Are we to stand like a rabbit mesmerised by the boaconstrictorwhile it slowly folds its coils?
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The upheaval in its structures and the dimensions of what it is about to absorb will make it a constitutional boaconstrictor.
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We were told that the bore of the snake would be larger than that of the old snake—it would be quite a boaconstrictorof a snake.
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They are like the boaconstrictor.
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The ciliary muscle is also more massive than theconstrictorpupillae, again by a factor of twenty.
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