MODULE 5

Question 1

The reason the velum is so difficult to observe is because:

a) It is located near the esophagus
b) there are not small enough cameras
c) It is located at the upper rear of the vocal tract.
d) It is located at anterior to the hard palate

Answer 1

c) It is located at the upper rear of the vocal tract.

Question 2

For most speech sounds, the velum is ?

Answer 2

raised to keep airflow exclusively through the oral cavity

Question 3

For nasal speech sounds, the velum is ?

Answer 3

Lowered and air passes through the nose.

Question 4

The velum plays a role in :

a) directing airflow during speech
b) lowering the larynx
c) lowering the nasopharynx upwards
d) closing the nasopharynx

Answer 4

a) directing airflow during speech

Question 5

The velum can be viewed directly using

a) a tiny camera inserted through the mouth
b) a flexible endoscope inserted into the noise
c) a sonogram
d) MRI

Answer 5

a flexible endoscope inserted into the noise

Question 6

Mucus from the nose that drips down through the velopharyngeal port into the pharynx is called?

Answer 6

Post-Nasal Drip

Question 7

The action of the velum can be measured indirectly by?

Answer 7

Monitoring airflow during speech.

Question 8

Airflow in the nasal cavity should only take place during ?

a) pronunciation of /h/ sound
b) During exercise and when drinking liquids
c) during breathing and nasal speech sound
d) sleep

Answer 8

c) during breathing and nasal speech sound

Question 9

When is it that the presence of airflow during non-nasal sounds can occur?

a) when there is no more air able to travel through the oral cavity
b) when there is a cleft palate or in the velum
c) when an individual gets their tonsils removed
d) during endoscopic examination

Answer 9

b) when there is a cleft palate or in the velum

Question 10

The velum plays a role in the production of every speech sound, acting as a gateway for airflow to either the oral or nasal cavity. True of false

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The velum also plays a role in :

a) eating
b) drinking
c) digestion

Answer 11

a)eating

Question 12

Eating has two stages. What are they?

Answer 12

Chewing (aka: mastication )

Swallowing (aka deglutition)

Question 13

During mastication, food and saliva are mixed together to create what is called a ?

a) zyno
b) velumopharnistics
c) culop
d) bolus

Answer 13

d) bolus

Question 14

Talk about the stages of mastication. Be specific

Answer 14

1) food is moved into position between the teeth to be crushed and back into the middle of the oral cavity
2) the tongue dorsum is raised and the velum is lowered to wall off the posterior oral cavity from the pharynx
3) When the bolus reaches the right consistency, it can safely be swallowed.

Question 15

What happens during deglutition (swallowing)?

Answer 15

The velum is raised to close off the nasopharyngeal port and to remove any possibility of the food bolus to enter the nasal cavity.