Spelled backwards it's why go long way
what is it about the yawn that practically every
person does it and how does yawning help.
Yawning cleans the brain, and the body.
Yawning unifies the cerebrospinal fluid
system with the lymphatic system and both
systems work with the blood system to form, when
yawning, One unified system. Yawning
accellerates the flow of cerebrospinal fluid. I
call this the Nolman Valve. The No. 1 man valve.
Yawning accellerates the flow of
lymph.
Yawning is a divine inspiration.
It is during the deep deep inspiration of
yawning that you open the Nolman valve.
Inspiring causes the lymphatic system to
gush into action...
The Lymphatic Pump: Although there is
no muscular pumping organ connected with the
lymphatic vessels to force lymph onward as the
heart forces blood, still lymph moves slowly and
steadily along its vessels. Lymph flows through
the thoracic duct and reenters the general
circulation at the rate of 125 mL/hour. Occurs
despite the fact that most of the flow is
against gravity or "uphill". It moves through
the system in the right direction because of the
large number of valves that permit fluid flow
only in one direction. The movement is due to
breathing movements and skeletal muscle
contractions. Activities that result in central
movement or flow are called lymphokinetic
actions.
X-rays show that lymph pours into the
central veins most rapidly at the peak of
inspiration. The mechanism of inspiration,
resulting from the descent of the diaphragm,
causes intraabdominal pressure to increase as
intrathoracic pressure decreases. This
simultaneously causes pressure to increase in
the abdominal portion of the thoracic duct and
to decrease in the thoracic portion. Research
has shown that thoracic duct lymph is literally
"pumped" into the venous system during
inspiration. The rate of flow of lymph into
venous circulation is proportional to the depth
of inspiration. The total volume of lymph that
enters the central veins during a given time
period depends on both the depth of inspiration
and the overall breathing rate. Contracting
skeletal muscles also exert pressure on the
lymphatics to push the lymph forward. During
exercise, lymph flow may increase as much as
10-15x. In addition, segmental contraction of
the walls of the lymphatics themselves, results
in lymph being pumped from one valve segment to
the next...
The lymphatic system is a network of organs,
ducts, and nodes that interacts with the blood's
circulatory system to transport a watery clear
fluid called lymph throughout the body. The
lymphatic system is also involved in the
production and transport of lymphocytes, white
blood cells that are a primary component of the
immune system. Among other vital function,
certain lymphocytes are responsible for
producing antibodies -- factors that can target
and attack specific foreign agents
(antigens).
To understand the lymphatic system, it is
helpful to track part of the life of these
lymphocytes. They develop in the thymus gland or
bone marrow and are therefore categorized as
either B-cells (bone marrow-derived cells) or
T-cells (thymus gland-derived cells). B-cells
complete their structural growth and definition
(known as differentiation) and mature in the
bone marrow. T-cells also start out in the bone
marrow but differentiate and mature in the
thymus gland, located beneath the breastbone.
This small gland is active mostly in the fetal
stage through the first ten years of life, after
which it atrophies (melts away). Lymphocytes
leave these organs through the blood stream,
which eventually branches out into the tiny
capillaries. From these microscopic tubes, some
lymphocytes -- along with fluid, proteins, and
other substances -- migrate out into the
surrounding tissues. A proportion of these
lymphocytes and other substances, along with
fluid, then enter the lymphatic vessels.
Lymphatic vessels begin as tiny, blind-ended
tubes and lead to larger lymphatic ducts and
branches until they drain into two ducts in the
neck, where the fluid re-enters the blood
stream. Along the way, the fluid passes through
lymph nodes, which are oval structures composed
of lymph vessels, connective tissue, and white
blood cells. Here, the lymphocytes either are
filtered out or are added to the contents of the
node. The size of a lymph node varies from about
the size of a pinhead to the size of a bean.
Most nodes are in clusters located throughout
the system; important node clusters are found in
the neck, lower arm, armpit, and groin. The
tonsils and adenoids are secondary organs that
are composed of masses of lymph tissue, which
also play a role in the lymphatic system. The
spleen is another important organ that processes
lymphocytes from incoming blood.
Because of its role in forming and
concentrating lymphocytes, the lymphatic system
can be viewed as a major line of defense against
infectious organisms. This system also restores
back into circulation 60% of the fluid that
leaks out from blood capillaries, and its ducts
provide transportation for fats, proteins, and
other substances that it collects from the
body's tissues.
So you see by yawning, particularly,
deeply inspiring, you actually increase the
metabolism of your immune system.
In a study done by respected lymphologist,
Dr. Jack Shields, cameras were placed inside the
bodies of different people to observe what it
was that stimulated the cleansing of the lymph
system. He found that a deep diaphragm breath is
the most effective way to accomplish this. This
kind of breathing creates something like a
vacuum that sucks the lymph through the
bloodstream and increases the rate at which the
body eliminates toxins. Deep diaphragm breathing
combined with body movement, such as the flexing
and stretching can accelerate the cleansing
process by as much as 15 times the normal
rate.
The heart is the pump for your blood, but
the lymph system has no separate pump. It must
rely on your movement and breathing for its
circulation. By combining deep diaphragm
breathing with muscular movement you circulate
your lymph. Lymph circulation allows your body
to carry away and excrete toxins, thus helping
to provide a clean, nurturing environment for
healthy cells.
So you can see by the rate of 125 ml/hour
during the divine inspiration multiplied X 15
giving 1875 ml/hour into the bloodstream via the
thoracic duct. thats 1 and 7/8 ths litres per
hour compared to 1/8. It is not hard to see how
yawning cleans the body or that a deep
inspiration is the key!
Yawning cleans the brain
several times actually. The thing is there
are no lymphatics within the central nervous
system or so they say, instead it has its own
fluid system that works in a similar fashon to
the lymphatic system and it is called the
cerebrospinal fluid system.
brain juice or perhaps liquid thought if you
like:
Anyway, briefly, cerebrospinal fluid is in
the brain and spinal column, within the brain
there are 4 cathedrals (thought echo creation
chambers) just kidding; there are 4 ventricles
or hollow places in the brain that contain
cerebrospinal fluid. The cerebrospinal fluid
within the ventricles is the newest
cerebrospinal fluid. Cerebrospinal fluid enters
the central nervous system through a somewhat
tangled mesh of miniature arteries located on
the roofs of the four ventricles called the
choroid plexus.
From the arteries via the choroid plexus to
the ventricles of the brain the cerebrospinal
fluid csf swishes round the brain a bit and
exits via the known venous sinusses/arachnoid
villi method. (in from arteries round and thru
to veins out)
Thats a brief and quick description of the
known method of cerebrospinal fluid entry and
exit far from complete but mostly i'm not here
to talk about things that are known common
others have already written about those but i do
need some of those as parameters and
perimeters of my paradigm to guide you from the
known into the unknown to expand your paradigm
beyond the known into the known as we look into
and beyond to see what is behind and
within the divine inspiration, and
just find out in more detail, how yawning
cleans the brain. We have looked a bit at
the lymphatic system in motion during
inspiration enough to know that great pressures
are exerted, so lets look at what goes on in the
air passageway during inspiration, in particular
the action of the hyoid bone...
"In the first phase we see the progressive
opening of the mouth, the dilatation of the
pharyngo-larynx and of the thorax, and the
lowering of the diaphragm. The opening of the
mouth is very slow, and the mouth is still half
open when the dilatation of the pharynx and the
larynx is already at its maximum.
The lowering of the neck's air axis is
obvious from simple inspection, which shows the
lowering of the thyroid cartilage. A radiograph
shows that the body of hyoid bone, which stands
at rest at the level of C.2-3 vertebrae goes
down to C.6-7, and explains the tongue's
situation as it is pulled backward and downward,
the tip going well away from the teeth. The
dilatation of the glottis and the abduction of
the vocal cords can be verified by a
laryngoscopic examination sufficiently long
continued to catch a spontaneous yawn. The
radiographs have shown that the dilatation of
the pharynx is enormous and surprising, for it
increases to three or four times its normal
size. The pharynx, larynx, and trachea, as well
as the bronchial tubes, appear very dilated on
the plates. While the opening of the mouth and
the deep inspiration may be observed in many
cases apart from yawning, the enormous expansion
of the pharynx with the lowering of the hyoid
bone and of the tongue is peculiar to yawning."
J.
Barbizet
The hyoid bone is one of my favorites
because it is so unique. The hyoid bone's
movement is what opens and closes the Nolman
valve.
The hyoid bone is not attatched to other
bones directly as all other bones are, yet
it is attached to the skull by muscles and
ligaments to areas of the temporal bones,
notably the styloid processes of the temporal
bones and along the joints, sutures,
articulations, or the cracks between the
temporal bones and occipital bone between
them.
There is a lot of force involved and
invalved to move the hyoid bone approximately 4
vetibrae. So you can imagine how much force is
resisted and how much pull there is on the
temporal bones with enough force to change the
size and pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid
compartment within the cranial vault.
Cerebrospinal fluid is pressured by this
action. Cerebrospinal fluid escapes the cranial
vault via cranial nerves through the foramen.
The Nolman valve is open during deep
inspiration, the cerebrospinal fluid is moving,
yawning cleans the brain
Where does it go?
Remember, what is going on in the lymphatic
system at the time the same time of this divine
inspiration? The lymphatic system is gushing at
15 times the normal rate into the bloodstream
via the lymphatic duct and since the lymphatic
system is a one way system it is ready to draw
and accept the flow of cerebrospinal fluid
that escapes via the cranial nerves with
the cervicle lymph nodes
During divine inspiration the cerebrospinal
fluid system is unified with the lymphatic
system as one continuous system.
Doctors don't seem to have a concensus at
the moment as to wether the skull bones actually
do move or not, while it is important to the
Nolman valve, it doesn't matter whether
they actually move or simply flex, either way
the concept is the same - a change in the volume
of the cranial vault.
Inside the cranial vault the brain has glial
cells and neurons, cerebrospinal fluid functions
with similar features to lymph except, within
the central nervous system...
1) The CNS (brain and spinal cord) are
rendered buoyant by the cerebrospinal fluid
medium in which they are suspended. This
provides the nervous system with support and
protection against rapid movements and trauma.
2) The CSF is believed to be nutritive for both
neurons and glial cells. 3) The CSF provides a
vehicle for removing waste products of cellular
metabolism form the nervous system. In this
capacity, it functions like a lymphatic system.
4) The CSF plays a role in maintaining the
constancy of the ionic composition of the local
microenvironment of the cells of the nervous
system. The extracellular space of the brain
freely communicates with the CSF compartment and
therefore the composition of the two fluid
compartments is similar. 5) The presence of a
number of biologically active principles
(releasing factors, hormones, neurotransmitters,
metabolites ) within the CSF suggests that it
may function as a transport system. 6) The H +
and CO 2 concentrations in the CSF (pH) may
affect both pulmonary ventilation and cerebral
blood flow. 7) Since the CSF and brain
extracellular space are in continuity analysis
of the composition of the CSF provides
diagnostic information about the normal and
pathological state of the nervous system
function.
Neurons which produce neurotransmitters are
fed nutrients oxygen etc are in direct contact
with cerebrospinal fluid, when these cells
express neurotransmitters from one cell to
another they can do so different ways, some
direct, but others have a synapse or a gap
between them.
The synaptic gap is continuous with the
cerebrospinal fluid compartment. This means that
some neurotransmitters must cross through
cerebrospinal fluid to get to the next
neuron.
When yawning moves the cerebrospinal fluid ,
it moves neurotransmitters with it. During the
deep inspiration of yawning the entire air
passageway is pulled downwards this pulls the
hyoid bone downward which is resisted by its
attachment to the
bottom of the skull, particularly the
temporal bones near its articulation with other
bone, the occipital and likely the sphenoid as
well. The effects of this cause a change in the
volume of the cranial vault, changing the
pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid within
causing the csf to move (circulate at
accellerated rate). The cerebrospinal fluid is
also continuous within the sheaths of the
cranial nerves (sub arachnoid layer) which aids
in cerebrospinal fluid absorption via the
lymphatic system.
Since neurotransmitters are found within
cerebrospinal fluid, they move with it,
eventually away from the brain, while more
(neurotransmitters hormones neuropeptides etc)
are being produced to replace these fairly short
lived neurochemicals.
They say neurotransmitters are like a lock
and a key, one transmitters fits one receptor
well maybe another analogy is that
neurotransmitters are like boats and receptors
like docks. that analogy fits better for me
because i think that neurotransmitters can dock
at receptors other than their own. The key fits
more than its own lock, in other words a
neurotransmitter can activate many different
receptors and the results of that activation is
more in tune with the function of the receptor's
cell or neuron than the actual specific type of
neurotransmitter itself. The recceptors neuron
may behave differently, that is certainly
possible but it will be activated to varying
degrees by a selection of neurotransmitters not
specifically designed for that particular
receptor.
The way i understand it is: When a
neurotransmitter is produced, it may get to the
intended receptor on the intended
cell, but not always. It may enter the
cerebrospinal fluid to later attach itself to an
acceptable receptor "downstream" on some other
cell (neuron) which it can often activate to
varying degrees. The neurotransmitters attach
themselves to neurons (cells) somewhat like a
burr to clothing , the neurotransmitter gets
stuck in the membrane of the cell, the movement
of the cerebrospinal fluid currents wiggle the
neurotransmitter and the sensitivity of the cell
wall causes the cell to react. The cell (neuron)
sends out an expert from its neucleus to
investigate. This expert is an enzigm produced
by the neucleus, swims through the cytoplasm of
the neuron and attaches itself to the cell wall
where the neurotransmitter is attached like a
burr on the other side of the membrane. The
enzigm brings it through or its message to
activate the receiving neuron.
So there is no specific receptors sites, but
rather, the entire outer membrane of the cell
body (neuron) can be activated as a receptor
site when a neurotransmitter adheres to it. When
you yawn, you move these neurotransmitters. Most
people yawn ten to twenty times per day. Most
yawns are shortly after waking up or shortly
before going to bed. Yawning is generally
observed during a transition from activity to
inactivity or from inactivity to activity.
During a transition to activity the brain is
likely to produce some neurochemicals that it
needs in preparation for the activity and the
same can be said for preparing for relaxation or
sleep that the brain produces neurochemical
changes that reflect the intention of its
activity.
You yawn more in the first hour of the
morning to send those "wake up" chemicals
throughout the brain where needed and then into
the body. It's the same when going to sleep some
brain chemicals activate cells but some also
inhibit activity (some are agonists some
antagonists). The brain knows which ones to make
when, but its the yawn that moves them around to
where they are most needed the quickest when
they are needed, by carrying them with the
movement
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