Test One Flashcards
Dysphasia definition
Difficulty moving food from the mouth to the stomach
Steps of feeding therapy
- positioning of food in mouth
- manipulating food in mouth with tongue
- chewing boluses of varying consistencies
- collecting bolus into cohesive mass
- organizing lingual action to propel the bolus posteriorly
Complications of dysphagia
Pneumonia, weight loss, malnutrition, dehydration, death
Deglutition
Bolus transfer
Mastication
Movement of the jaw up and down, back and forth
Munching
Movement of the jaw up and down only
Gag versus swallowing reflex
Swallowing considered more of a response because you can teach it
Two most common swallowing evaluation techniques
Modified barium swallow, fiber optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing
Sign
Objective, clinicians and caregivers observation including clinical exams
Symptom
Subjective, patient complaints
Disorders
Physiology and pathophysiology to cause sign and symptom
Three muscles that connect hyoid to the mandible
Mylohyoid, geniohyoid, digastic
Recurrent versus superior nerve
Recurrent: muscle movement
Superior: muscle sensation
Two parts of the tongue
Oral tongue: tip to taste buds
Pharyngeal tongue: taste buds to hyoid bone
Palatoglossus
Anterior faucial pillar
Pulls soft palate down and forward