Photographs taken by X-rays where people are speaking

When we say X-ray photographyKoki stuck in my headYaKnife stabbed in the head,Doll in dog's stomachAnd othersVarious foreign matter in the bodyThere is an impression that you can find, but when you shoot the place you are talking you can see another interesting discovery.

I usually conscious only about the movements of the lip, but I can see that the tongue plays a big role in places that can not be seen by X-rays.

Details are as below.
Christine Ericsdotter - X-ray analyses of speech

This is where the photographer Christine Ericsdotter is pronouncing the word "both". Since it is an animated GIF instead of a still picture, you can see that the tongue moves with a meat in the back of the mouth and in the throat, as well as the movement of the lips and teeth.

Speech start. The lip starts to open, and the tongue is raised in the back of the mouth.


My lips opened. The tongue is lower in height than before.


Moreover, the mouth is wide open, and you can see the throat part opened.


In the back of the chattering aunt's throat, the tongue will be moving so hard.

By the way, this is an X - ray shooting animation where Christine opened a large mouth. Somehow it came out in the moviealienIt is reminiscent of ... ....
Christine Ericsdotter - X-ray analyses of speech - big mouth