solutions 2025/2026
mastication - correct answer ✔✔chewing
deglutition - correct answer ✔✔swallowing
bolus - correct answer ✔✔cohesive ball of food or liquid
penetration - correct answer ✔✔food or liquid enters the larynx
aspiration - correct answer ✔✔food or drink passes larynx and enters trachea and lungs
structures of the oral cavity - correct answer ✔✔lips, teeth, tongue, hard palate, soft palate
structures of pharynx - correct answer ✔✔pharyngeal wall, epiglottis
structures of esophagus - correct answer ✔✔upper esophageal sphincter
goal of oral preparatory phase - correct answer ✔✔prepare substance for swallowing
oral preparatory phase includes - correct answer ✔✔closing the lips, mastication, form a
cohesive ball