Swallowing

Question 1

When the tongue moves the food bolus back, what does it pass through?

Answer 1

Oropharyngeal Isthmus

Question 2

Which muscles contract to squeeze the food bolus back into the oropharynx?

Answer 2

1) Palatoglossus

2) Palatopharyngeus

Question 3

What muscles will contract to elevate the soft palate to close off the pharyngeal isthmus?

Answer 3

1) Levator Veli Palatini

2) Tensor Veli Palatini

Question 4

What muscles elevate the walls of the pharynx?

Answer 4

1) Stylopharyngeus
2) Palatopharyngeus
3) Salpingopharyngeus

Question 5

What muscles will contract at the same time the muscles elevate the walls of the pharyngx?

Answer 5

Suprahyoid Muscles to elevate the hyoid bone and the larynx into the bulge of the tonue

Question 6

When the suprahyoid muscle elevate the hyoid bone and the larynx, what also happens?

Answer 6

The epiglottis will flex back over the laryngeal inlet

Question 7

Which muscles contract in sequence to move the food through the oropharynx and the laryngeopharynx into the esophagus?

Answer 7

Superior, Middle and Inferior Constrictors

Question 8

What moves the food bolus down the esophagus into the stomach?

Answer 8

Peristalsis