Anatomy of the velum relevant to swallowing

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Across
  1. 2. Of the remaining two muscles responsible for elevation of the larynx during swallowing, name the branch of their nerve supply
  2. 6. Tenses the velum, opens the auditory tube
  3. 7. This stage involve Velopharyngeal closure & pharyngeal swallow.
  4. 8. Which of the following cranial nerve is not involved in regulating & integrating the functions of swallowing? CN V, CN IX, CN X, CN XII, CN VII, CN IV
  5. 9. Retracts tongue & lowers its side
  6. 11. I prepare for the pharyngeal stage and the tongue muscles help to elevate and pull tongue posteriorly. Propulsion of bolus. What stage am I?
  7. 13. The nerve that relays general sensations from the posterior third of the tongue
  8. 18. Swallowing is what type of action?
  9. 19. Forms the uvula & tenses the velum
  10. 20. The Musculus Uvulae is embodied within the?
  11. 25. Tensor Veli Palatini is supplied by the
  12. 26. Shortens & curls tip of tongue downward
Down
  1. 1. Elongates & narrows & raises sides of tongue
  2. 3. Flattens & broadens tongue
  3. 4. Involves facial muscles, muscles of mastication, tongue muscles and muscle of velum. What stage am I?
  4. 5. Narrows fauces & elevates back of the tongue
  5. 10. Of the three vertical muscles responsible for elevation of the larynx during swallowing (stylopharyngeus palatopharyngeus salpingopharyngeus) name the muscle which is supplied by CN IX (glossopharyngeal nerve)
  6. 12. The name given to the group of muscles within the pharynx that perform squeezing actions on the bolus
  7. 14. Elevates the velum
  8. 15. Shortens & curls tip of tongue upwards
  9. 16. Who am I ? The soft palate seals me to prevent the entrance of food during swallowing
  10. 17. Swallowing has two phases. Which phase involves mastication?
  11. 21. Retracts & elevates tongue
  12. 22. Raises hyoid bone & protrudes & retracts tongue
  13. 23. The fourth stage of swallowing
  14. 24. True or false the soft palate elevates to separate the nasopharynx from the oropharynx (pharyngeal isthmus)