Anatomy and Physiology of Swallowing

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Across
  1. 4. Reflex that disappears after 6 months
  2. 6. Bolus is below the vocal folds
  3. 9. Inability to eat
  4. 10. Swallow is usually followed by this
  5. 11. Spaces between aryepiglottic folds and thyroid cartilage
  6. 12. Disorders of swallowing
  7. 15. 4th stage of swallowing
  8. 16. Preparing food for swallowing
  9. 18. Lump of chewed food & saliva
  10. 19. Term for when respiration is stopped and the larynx is closed, vocal folds adduct and epiglottis lowers
  11. 20. Bolus is above the vocal folds and in the laryngeal vestibule
Down
  1. 1. Which type of liquids goes down easier during swallowing
  2. 2. 2nd stage of swallowing
  3. 3. Longest phase of swallowing
  4. 5. When food comes out through your nose
  5. 7. Reflex where the infant turns their head towards stroke on the cheek.
  6. 8. Reflex thats a protective mechanism that sense foreign materials from the larynx or brachial passages and removes them
  7. 13. 3rd stage of swallowing
  8. 14. Pushed bolus down into stomach in a wavelike formation during the esophageal phase
  9. 17. 1st stage of swallowing