02 July: Feeding / Eating Flashcards
eating
the ability to keep and manipulate food of fluid in the mouth to swallow it
feeding
the process of setting, up arranging, and bringing food
oral-motor skills
motor skills of the oral structures including jaw tongue and cheeks
bolus
mass of food or liquid
mandible
lower jaw
tongue
movable, muscular organ that forms the floor of the mouth and plays an important role in the feeding, swallowing, and speech
oral cavity
cavity inside the mouth
fat pads
massess of fatty tissue found in teh cheeks of young infants
hyoid
mboile, U-shaped bone that lies in teh neck just above the larynx and below the mandible
larynx
organin the neck that ists between teh pharynx and vocal cords adn is reponsible for protecting the trachea during swallowing
epiglottis
flap of tissue that covers the entrance ot hte larynx during swallowing
pharynx
part of the gastrointestinal tract that lies between the mouth and nasal cavity and above the esophagus
pre-oral phase:
moves food or liquid to the mouth
oral preparatory phase:
the oral structures form the bolus by tasting, chewing, manipulation and containment
oral phase
begins when the bolus is in the mouth and ends when the bolus enters the pharyn
pharyngeal phase:
begins when the bolus enters the pharynx and ends when the bolus enters teh esophagus
esophageal phase
begins when the bolus enters the esophagus and ends when the bolus enters the stomach
pre-oral phase:
cognitive and physical orientation to eating or feeding occurs
- self feeding takes place in this phase as the food or liquid is bourght to the mouth
voluntary level of pre-oral phase
primarily voluntary
cranial nerves used in the oral preparatory phase:
VII, V, XII