Exam 8: Physiology of Mastication and Deglutition

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Contact of the bolus with the fauces, posterior tongue base, or velum appears to trigger the beginning of the ____________________ stage of swallow.

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Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Mediated by nociceptors

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The _________________________ reflex results in retraction of the tongue into the pharynx.

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The important function of the buccal musculature in mastication and deglutition is

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Stroking the cheek of a neonate will result in

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Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Stimulus for sucking reflex

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Why do disorders of salivation develop?

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Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Stimulus for tongue base retraction reflex

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Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -The larynx descends

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Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -The vocal folds tightly adduct

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Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Involves turning toward a stimulus that has touched an infant's cheek

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Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -The bolus makes contact with the faucial pillars

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Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -The esophageal sphincter relaxes

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The process of swallowing is termed

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Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -The epiglottis lowers to cover the airway

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Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Mediated by thermal sensors

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Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -The lower esophageal sphincter opens

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The ____________________ moves the food onto the molars for chewing.

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Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Superficial cutaneous mechanoreceptors that sense minute movement

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A lesion to the (cranial nerve name, number, and branch) ________________________________________ can result in inability of the vocal folds to adduct.

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