Big picture-normal swallow

Question 1

4 stages of normal swallow

Answer 1

1. oral prep
2. oral transport
3. pharyngeal
4. esophageal

Question 2

Oral preparatory stage

Answer 2

the act of taking food, chewing it, mixing it with saliva, and forming it into a bolus.

Question 3

Oral transport stage

Answer 3

controlling the bolus and transporting it to the back of the mouth

Question 4

pharyngeal stage

Answer 4

• initiating the swallow reflex in a timely manner which is normally 1 second (or less)
• food is transported away from the oropharynx into upper esophagus

Question 5

esophageal phase

Answer 5

the food enters the esophagus, the passageway to the

stomach