cleft palate Flashcards
True/false: during nasal breathing, the velum rests against the base of the tongue creating a patent airway
true (pg.333)
True/false: during speech the velum raises in a superior and posterior direction to contact the posterior pharyngeal wall
true (pg.333)
a shelf-like projection from the posterior pharyngeal wall that occurs inconsistently in some normal and abnormal individuals during velopharyngeal activities, such as speech, whistling, and blowing
passavant’s ridge (pg.334)
true/false: passavant’s ridge indicates an abnormality
false (pg.334)
a. levator veli palatini
b. superior constrictors
c. palatopharyngeus
d. tensor veli palatini
-provide the man muscle mass of the velum
a. levator veli palatini (pg.334)
a. levator veli palatini
b. superior constrictors
c. palatopharyngeus
d. tensor veli palatini
-responsible for the medial displacement of the lateral pharyngeal walls to narrow the velophraryngeal port to close around the velum
b. superior constrictors (pg.334)
a. levator veli palatini
b. superior constrictors
c. palatopharyngeus
d. tensor veli palatini
-assocaited with the medial movement of the lateral pharyngeal walls
c. palatopharyngeus (pg.334)
a. levator veli palatini
b. superior constrictors
c. palatopharyngeus
d. tensor veli palatini
- open the eustachian tubes when the velum moves during swallowing or yawning:
- enhances middle ear aeration and draining
d. tensor veli palatini (pg.334)
a. palatoglossus
b. salpingopharyngeus
c. musculus uvulae
-depresses the velum for production of nasal consonants in connected speech
a. palatoglossus (pg.334)
a. palatoglossus
b. salpingopharyngeus
c. musculus uvulae
-have no significant role in achieving velopharyngeal closure
b. salpingopharyngeus (pg.334)
a. palatoglossus
b. salpingopharyngeus
c. musculus uvulae
- only intrinsic muscles of the velum
- contracts during phonation to create a bulge on the superior and posterior part of the nasal surface of the velum
- provides additional stiffness to the nasal side of the velum during velopharyngeal closure
c. musculus uvulae (pg.334)
variations in velopharygeal closure among speakers
a. coronal
b. circular
c. sagital
- most common closure pattern
- posterior movement of the soft palate closes against a broad area of the posterior pharyngeal wall
- little contribution from lateral pharyngeal wall
- when closure is complete, there is a coronal slit
a. coronal (pg.334)
variations in velopharygeal closure among speakers
a. coronal
b. circular
c. sagital
- second-most common pattern
- soft palate moves posteriorly, the posterior pharyngeal wall moves anteriorly and the lateral pharyngal wall moves medially
- closes like a true sphincter
- when closure is complete there is a circular slit
- passavan’ts ride is commonly seen with this type of closure
b. circular (pg.334)
variations in velopharygeal closure among speakers
a. coronal
b. circular
c. sagital
- least common pattern
- lateral pharyngeal walls move medially to meet in milling behind the velum
- there is minimal posterior displacement of the soft palate for closure
- when closure is complete, there is a sagittal slit
c. sagital (pg.334)
______ activities do not involve air pressure
nonpneumatic or pneumatic activities
non pneumatic (pg.335) including
-swallwong, gagging and vomiting
pneumatic activities= blowing, whistling, singing, and speech
true/false: blowing and sucking exercises do not improve velopharyngeal function for speech
true (pg.335)
a. primary cleft palate
b. secondary cleft palate
- complete cleft of the primary palate extended through the lip and alveolus to incisive foramen
- incomplete cleft do not extend all the way to the incisive formen and include
- a slight notch of the lip
- a cleft of the lip only
- a cleft of the lip and just part of the alveolus
- can be unilateral or bilateral
a. primary cleft palate (pg.335)
a. primary cleft palate
b. secondary cleft palate
- complete clefts of the secondary palate extend from the uvula to incisive foramen
- incomplete clefts do not extend all the way to the incisive foramen and can include
- a bifid uvula
- a cleft of velum only
- a cleft of the velum and just part of the hard palate
- cleft location midline only
b. secondary cleft palate (pg.335)
what are the effects of cleft lip and palate on speech?
- dental and occlusal anomalies, particularly corssbites and class III malocclusions
- hearing loss due to eustachian tube malfunction
- velopharyngeal insufficiency
(pg. 335)
what are the effects of cleft lip and palate of feeding?
- cleft lip usually does not affect feeding
- cleft palate causes the inability to build up suction due to the open cleft and can cause initial difficulty with compression of the nipple
- breastfeeding is usually not possible with a cleft palate
- with use of special nipples and bottles until the palate is repaired, most babies with clefts are able to feed well (pg.335)
- a wide, bell-sharped cleft palate
- seen with micrognathia (small mandible), glossoptosis (posterior tongue position)
- airway and feeding problems
- speech issues secondary to velopharyngeal insufficiency
pierre robins sequence (pg.335)
a. velocardiofacial syndrome
b. stickler syndrome
c. fetal alcohol syndrome
d. trisomy 13
- usually occult submucosus cleft or velopharyngeal hypotonia
- hypernasality
- minor cardiac and vascular abnormalities
- microcephaly
- micorgnathia
- nasal anomalies
- narrow palpebral fissures
- thin upper lip
- minor auricular anomalies
- abundant scalp hair
- long slender features
- hyperansality and speech sound errors, language delay and learning problems and risk psychiatric problems in adolescence
a. velocardiofacial syndrome (pg.336)