Chapter 7 Cleft Lip and Palate

Question 1

chelioplasty

Answer 1

lip surgery

Question 2

palatoplasty

Answer 2

palate surgery

Question 3

posterior pharyngeal wall

Answer 3

back of the throat

Question 4

hypernasality

Answer 4

excessively undesirable amount of perceived nasal cavity resonance during phonation

Question 5

nasal emission

Answer 5

airflow through the nose, usually measurable or audible and heard most frequently during the production of voiceless plosives and fricatives; usually indicative of an incomplete seal between the nasal and oral cavities

Question 6

pharyngeal fricatives

Answer 6

fricatives sounds produced by approximating the back of the tongue and the posterior pharyngeal wall and forcing air through the resultant construction

Question 7

pharyngeal stops

Answer 7

plosive sounds produced by contacting the back of the tongue to the posterior pharyngeal wall, building up air pressure behind that obstruction and rapidly releasing it to produce a popping or (ex) plosive sound

Question 8

compensatory articulations

Answer 8

production of a sound utilizing alternative placement of the articulators rather than the usual placement

Question 9

hyponasal (denasal)

Answer 9

lack of nasal resonance for the three phonemes /m/, /n/, and /ng/ resulting from a partial or complete obstruction in the nasal tract

Question 10

nasometer

Answer 10

an instrument used to measure the acoustic correlate of nasa lift

Question 11

endoscopy

Answer 11

examination of the interior of a canal or hollow space; the insertion of a fexible scope through the nose to look at the anatomy of the pharynx and to observe the pharynx and larynx before and after swallowing

Question 12

pharyngeal flap surgery

Answer 12

surgical procedure to aid in achieving velopharyngeal closure. A flap of skin is used to close most of the opening between the velum and the nasophaynx.

Question 13

superior sphincter pharyngoplasty

Answer 13

surgical procedure to aid in achieving velopharyngeal closure; the posterior faucial pillars are raised and used to form a bulge that reduced the size of opening between the velum and the nasopharyngeal

Question 14

nasopharynx

Answer 14

that part of the pharynx above the level of the soft palate that opens anteriorly into the nasal cavity.

Question 15

uvula

Answer 15

small cone-shaped process hanging front the lower border of the soft palate at midline