Are Sinuses Vestigial? I Asked Doctor Mike.

Did you say "Hang on to their mother's belly hair"? That's an image that will stick with me 😂

You have a head voice and a chest voice when you sing.

Nooo not that guy 😢

FYI re: hearing the muscle that moves in your ear, i think what you're hearing is your tensor veli palatini, not any of your auricular muscles. people who can still use their auricular muscles can move their outer ears, but you are moving a middle ear muscle around your Eustachian tube, that's what you're hearing. not trying to be pedantic, i just happen to be a research assistant for an ENT and i thought you would be interested :'). PS: tensor veli palatini is most certainly not vestigial, it's very important!

You want my sinus horror story?
I was living in Russia. I had been there for months when I got a sinus infection. I ended up going to a hospital, but I was pretty terrified and didn't want to be admitted. They did some procedures… Including one that involved a very large syringe of antibiotic fluid and process that included me NEVER EVER being able to forget the Russian word for "crunch." Them I convalesced back at my living space at the time. Fun fact, though, my health care was entirely covered because I was employed. Not a single bill.

I did not tell my parents about this until they could see me and know I was still actually alive.

14:19 Vestigial does not mean 0 value. A Doctor should know that

Fill it with bone or living tissue. What would you gain for this extra tissue to maintain?
Why spending energy maintaining tissue with not purpose?

2:04 That’s not vestigial!!! At least not to me.
I dont’t know if people just haven’t noticed, or it doesn’t work for them, but when I’m making that sound it opens up to the inner ear and help me equalize the pressure in my ears.

Try it the next time you’re flying! Takes a fraction of a second and your don’t have to blow up your cheeks and hold your nose, when yourhave control og that muscle and is able to do it effortlessly.

I ❤ Joe. No like sinus! 💀

Doctors are not the ones to talk to about sinuses. Talk to an archeologist. That is the main way to tell cold blooded animals from warm blooded animals. It has to do with retaining moisture. Not that I know anything.

Penises are vestigial from that time when we had to fight off predators in the wild

I have just subscribed to this channel and already I see Mike here

Ah, I love a crossover. Next time, Joe interviews an actual aquatic ape.

I read the title as "Are Anuses Vaginal?" and Im so sorry that but I've decided to share this with you all

Interesting. Nice.

Now lets ask a real doctor. Jonathan from Institute of Human Anatomy channel, or his occasional co-host.

Vesta what? Sounds like a Catholic thing and I quit that guilt years ago. We owe you Joe so we will spend (like our time is priceless) the 21 minutes yet we trust that you won’t make a habit of it. Now yer talking sinuses . . . 🤦🏼‍♂️ Joe Joe Joe, Joe Joe Joe Joe . . . Now you are counting sinuses. 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏾‍♀️😢

1:57 as far as i understand it, our jaws haven't had to be as robust as we've gotten better at processing foods before we start eating, causing our jaws to have less pressure to grow, leading to less room for wisdom teeth

Musicians that play wind instruments can sometimes use a technique called circular breathing which means you don’t have to stop playing to get another breath. If you take away our sinuses it will have an impact on jazz, so Boo on banning sinuses.

that dinosaur sound freaked me out on like a primal level…