Praxis SLP Questions and Answers Latest updated 2024|2025

Praxis SLP Questions and Answers Latest updated 2024|2025 What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development? Correct Answer Sensorimotor (0-2) Preoperational (2-7) Concrete (7-11) Formal (11+) What are the muscles involved in inspiration? Correct Answer Diaphragm External intercostal muscles: raise the ribs up and out Serratus posterior superior: elevates rib cage Levator costarium brevis: elevates rib cage Levator costarum logies: elevates rib cage What are the muscles involved in expiration? Correct Answer Internal intercostal muscles Latissimus dorsi Rectum abdominis Transverse abdominis Internal oblique abdominal Quadrates lumborum What structures are involved in respiration? Correct Answer Lungs Bronchi Trachea Spinal column Sternum: manubrium, corpus, xiphoid process Rib cage What is the myoelastic-aerodynamic theory? Correct Answer It's a theory of phonation. VF closure - build up of sub glottal air pressure - pressure blows the folds apart - folds vibrate - air moves through glottal opening, decreasing pressure - folds sucked back together. What are the laryngeal cartilages? Correct Answer Hyoid bone Epiglottis Thyroid cartilage Cricoid cartilage Arytenoids Corniculates Discuss the vocal folds, aryepiglottic folds and ventricular folds. Correct Answer Vocal folds: They have three layers Epithelium: the outer cover. Lamina propia: the middle.