lecture 21

Question 1

mastication

Answer 1

• process involved in food preparation
• moving food onto the grinding surface of teeth
• chewing it, mixing it w saliva in preparation to swallow

Question 2

diglutition

Answer 2

swallowing

Question 3

mastication and diglutition require integration of

Answer 3

lingual
velar
pharyngeal
facial muscle movement
laryngeal adjustments
respiratory control
cerebral cortex/brainstem