Swallowing Disorders: Pharyngeal

Question 1

If the symptom is that food is catching high in throat. the clinical sign is:

Answer 1

delayed hyolaryngeal elevation

Question 2

If the symptom is that food is catching high in throat, the fluoro results are:

Answer 2

delayed vellecular pooling prior to pharyngeal initiation

Question 3

If the symptom is that food is catching high in throat, the disorder is:

Answer 3

delayed pharyngeal swallow.

Question 4

if the symptom is that food doesn’t go down; coughs & chokes, the clinical sign is:

Answer 4

no hyolarygeal elevation; delayed oral transit, aspiration before swallow.

Question 5

if the symptom is that food doesn’t go down; coughs & chokes, the fluoro result is:

Answer 5

delayed vallecular pooling w/ pre-spill into pyriforms/ airway, aspiration before swallow.

Question 6

if the symptom is that food doesn’t go down; coughs & chokes, the disorder is:

Answer 6

absent pharyngeal swallow.

Question 7

if the symptom is coughs food up; coughs, chokes; then the clinical sign is:

Answer 7

expectorates before and after pharyngeal swallow; coughs/ chokes before and after

Question 8

if the symptom is that food doesn’t go down; coughs & chokes, the fluoro result is:

Answer 8

aspiration before swallow; valleculae and pyriform residues; expectoration.

Question 9

if the symptom is that food doesn’t go down; coughs & chokes, the disorder is:

Answer 9

delayed pharyngeal swallow; decreased tongue base mvmt.; decreased hyolaryngeal elevation.

Question 10

if the symptom is that sometimes food sticks high in throat, the clinical sign may be:

Answer 10

coughs/chokes after swallow.

Question 11

if the symptom is that sometimes food sticks high in throat, the fluoro result may be:

Answer 11

valleculae, pyriform, pharyngeal wall residues; aspiration after swallow.

Question 12

if the symptom is that sometimes food sticks high in throat, the disorder is:

Answer 12

U or B pharyngeal paralysis/paresis; decreased tongue based mvmt.

Question 13

if the symptom is that food is catching in the bottom of the throat; coughs, chokes, regurgitates; the clinical sign is

Answer 13

coughs, chokes after swallow; gurgly voice; increased saliva.

Question 14

if the symptom is that food is catching in the bottom of the throat; coughs, chokes, regurgitates; the fluoro result is:

Answer 14

aspiration after swallow; pyriform residues, prominent CP/bar.

Question 15

if the symptom is that food is catching in the bottom of the throat; coughs, chokes, regurgitates; the disorder is:

Answer 15

decreased hyolaryngeal elevation; CP dysfunction, achalasia; stricture.