Lauren Alaina

I remember my doctors examining my vocal cords and asking if I had an eating disorder, and I instantly said no. But then my mom, who was in the room with me, said my name in her 'mom voice,' and I just lost it. I didn't realize that she knew or that anyone knew.

American Musician

Beverly Sills

You can't imitate; all our faces are constructed differently... and the vocal cords; otherwise, we'd all sound alike. I don't think anybody should ever teach by imitating.

Virginia Postrel

I think glamour has a genuine appeal, has a genuine value. I'm not against glamour. But there's a kind of wonder in the stuff that gets edited away in the cords of life.

American Writer

David Bowie

I could imagine at a certain age, when I have no vocal cords left, that I would find a young man who could sing my parts for me. But I don't see why I would stop.

English Musician

Mitch Hedberg

I like to hold the microphone cord like this, I pinch it together, then I let it go, then you hear a whole bunch of jokes at once.

American Comedian

Dionne Warwick

I try to be cognisant of when and how and what I eat and get as much rest as I possibly can, as that helps the vocal cords.

William Butler Yeats

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.

Irish Poet

Mindy Grossman

Everybody is talking about cord cutting. It's not about the cord. It's the content.

American Businesswoman

Adele

Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.

English Singer

Steven Wright

Used for ordinary tasks like tying objects or packaging items.

Everyday Use

A cord can secure things so they don't fall apart or open.

Securing Items

Cord also refers to electrical wires or cables.

Not Just Rope

Refers to cord-like structures in bodies, such as nerves or tissue.

Anatomical Reference

The term is often used in medical or biological discussions.

Medical Context

In North America, 'cord' is a volume measurement for firewood.

Measurement Unit

Stack your wood neatly to measure a full cord accurately.

Stacking Firewood

Cord is short for 'corduroy', a durable, ridged fabric.

Textile Material

Cord fabric is considered casual and often worn in cooler weather.

Fashion Statement

 At my MIT lab, we study how humans with normal physiologies stand, walk and run. What are the muscles doing, and how are they controlled by the spinal cord? This basic science motivates what we build. We're building bionic ankles, knees and hips. We're building body parts from the ground up.

New bionics let us run,...

 armed foot soldiers with swords and shields and some kind of armor. And there's artillery, and artillery are archers, but, more importantly, slingers. And a slinger is someone who has a leather pouch with two long cords attached to it, and they put a projectile, either a rock or a lead ball,

The unheard story of...

 Much like the cerebrum, the cerebellum has nerve cells and nerve fibers. It carries signals to the other parts of the brain and to the spinal cord. The cerebellum is responsible for coordinating muscle movements, particularly those that help maintain the body's balance and posture.

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 The other thing that's really important about sleep is that it doesn't arise from a single structure within the brain, but is to some extent a network property. If we flip the brain on its back -- I love this little bit of spinal cord here -- this bit here is the hypothalamus,

Why do we sleep? PIPE...

 It protects you from the world around you, and from yourself. As we grow, we install pain detectors in most areas of our body. These detectors are specialized nerve cells called nociceptors that stretch from your spinal cord to your skin, your muscles, your joints,

How Do Pain Relievers...

 attaches to the wall of the uterus to support the developing embryo. The placenta is what keeps the calf alive during pregnancy. Directly connected to the mother's blood supply, it funnels nutrients and oxygen straight into the calf's body via the umbilical cord,

The three different ways...

 that ultimately infected tens of thousands of people worldwide. Meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges, three tissue layers responsible for protecting the brain and spinal cord. What makes meningitis so dangerous compared to other diseases

Why is meningitis so...

 promote body and facial hair growth, enlargement of the vocal cords and deepening of the voice, increased muscle mass and strength, and increased stature and bone mass. Recreational steroid users are after the anabolic, growth promoting effects.

How do steroids affect...

 massaging my stomach to help the uterus contract gently tugging at my umbilical cord finally the Midwife calls for backup my baby is taken from my arms and I'm lying there feeling vulnerable and

Caring for maternal...

 round the urban monkeys life cycle is still timed so that babies are born in the season of Plenty while the baby seeks her nipple its mother severs the umbilical cord the baby's first visitor