COMD 4500 Dysphagia Module 9 Exam Questions and Answers

COMD 4500 : Dysphagia (Module 9) Exam Questions
and Answers with 100% Correct Answers
Question 1.
What are the oral, three stages of swallowing?
Correct Answer: pharyngeal, esophageal

Question 2.
oral stage of Food swallowing bolus
Correct Answer: chewed into paste texture formed, propelled posteriorly

Question 3.
Bolus A
Correct Answer: term used to describe food after it has been chewed and mixed
with saliva

Question 4.
pharyngeal -triggered phase of -rapid, swallowing -larynx -pharynx
Correct Answer: by bolus arrival at faucial arches. coordinated, "modifiable
autopilot" rises, fold close, epiglottis folds over constricts, esophageal sphincter
opens.

Question 5.
esophageal gravity phase of totally swallowing
Correct Answer: and peristalsis pulls bolus down to stomach on

Question 6.
pharyngeal peri- the stalsis downward
Correct Answer: squeezing action of the muscles of the throat which assists in
moving the food in the pharynx (also referred to the pharyngeal contractile wave)

Question 7.
Gag reflex -triggered -not
Correct Answer: by touching pharyngeal wall, base of tongue, or velum predictive
of swallowing function

Question 8.
cough reflex -triggered -forceful -protects -neuro -silent -lack -bodies
Correct Answer: by material in the larynx exhalation, vocal fold approximation the
airway against intrusion damage can prevent this reflex aspiration common,
dangerous of cough reflex helps in knowing if diagnosis is needed natural
mechanism to protect the larynx.