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©BRAINBARTER EXAM SOLUTIONS 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1 | P a g e SLHS 3400 Swallowing Exam Questions With Correct Answers What are the structures for swallowing? - answer-chest wall -vocal folds -ventricular folds -epiglottis -pharynx (larnygopharynx, oropharynx, nasopharynx) -velum -tongue -mandible -lips what is the term for disordered swallowing? - answerdysphagia what is the esophagus? - answerflexible tube how long is the esophagus? - answer20 cm long where does the esophagus extend from? - answerlower pharynx to the stomach ©BRAINBARTER EXAM SOLUTIONS 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2 | P a g e what is the UES? - answerupper esophageal sphincter what is the LES? - answerlower esophageal sphincter what pressure do the UES and LES sit at? - answersit closed at a very high resting pressure where is the esophagus situated at? - answersituated posterior to the trachea, pulmonary apparatus and heart what causes aspiration? - answerif food leaks into your trachea due to a hole between esophagus and trachea what is the muscle at the cervical (upper) esophagus? - answerstriated muscle (skeletal muscle) what is the muscle at the thoracic (middle) esophagus? - answermixture of striated and smooth muscle do we have voluntary control over the esophagus? - answerno what is the esophagus bounded at for the lower border? - answerbounded at lower end by LES (exit) what is the esophagus bounded at for the upper end? - answerbounded at upper end by the esophageal sphincter entrance what is the stomach? - answerlarge, saclike structure

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SLHS 3400 Swallowing Exam Questions
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What are the structures for swallowing? - answer✔-chest wall


-vocal folds


-ventricular folds


-epiglottis


-pharynx (larnygopharynx, oropharynx, nasopharynx)


-velum


-tongue


-mandible


-lips


what is the term for disordered swallowing? - answer✔dysphagia


what is the esophagus? - answer✔flexible tube


how long is the esophagus? - answer✔20 cm long


where does the esophagus extend from? - answer✔lower pharynx to the stomach


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, ©BRAINBARTER EXAM SOLUTIONS 2024/2025

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what is the UES? - answer✔upper esophageal sphincter


what is the LES? - answer✔lower esophageal sphincter


what pressure do the UES and LES sit at? - answer✔sit closed at a very high resting pressure


where is the esophagus situated at? - answer✔situated posterior to the trachea, pulmonary

apparatus and heart


what causes aspiration? - answer✔if food leaks into your trachea due to a hole between

esophagus and trachea


what is the muscle at the cervical (upper) esophagus? - answer✔striated muscle (skeletal

muscle)


what is the muscle at the thoracic (middle) esophagus? - answer✔mixture of striated and

smooth muscle


do we have voluntary control over the esophagus? - answer✔no


what is the esophagus bounded at for the lower border? - answer✔bounded at lower end by

LES (exit)


what is the esophagus bounded at for the upper end? - answer✔bounded at upper end by the

esophageal sphincter entrance


what is the stomach? - answer✔large, saclike structure



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