Before we explain sleep apnea, let's quickly break down how breathing works. When you're awake, the muscles of your throat act to keep the airway straight and open so air can flow in and out of your lungs. When you sleep, these same muscles relax and your throat gets narrower. Normally, this doesn't close the airway, it just slows down breathing during sleep.
A male chicken under one year old is called a cockeral. A male chicken over a year old is called a cock, or rooster. A female chicken under the age of one is called a pullet. A female chicken over the age of one is called a hen. Not all chicks are hens. Chicks can be cockerals or pullets.
a male chicken; rooster. 2. the male of any bird, especially of the gallinaceous kind. 3. Also called stopcock. a hand-operated valve or faucet, especially one opened or closed by rotating a cylindrical or tapered plug having part of the passage pierced through it from side to side. 4. the part of the lock that, by its fall or action, causes the discharge; hammer.