DYSPHAGIA FINAL STUDY GUIDE UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

DYSPHAGIA FINAL STUDY GUIDE UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Dysphagia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅impairment in the ability to swallow because of neurological or
structural problems that alter the normal swallowing process



Dysphagia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Disorder of swallowing rendering person unable to safely
and/or efficiently eat or drink



Oral preparatory, Oral, Pharyngeal, Esophageal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Swallowing is a four-phase
process



Oral Preparatory Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Containing, manipulating, and preparing the food
or liquid into a bolus



Oral Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Bolus is propelled to the back of the mouth



Pharyngeal Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Begins as the bolus reaches the tonsils

Pharygeal swallow reflex is triggered



Esophageal Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Bolus is propelled through the esophagus by an
involuntary wave or contraction



aspiration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(food or liquid moves below the level of vocal folds into the
airway)



Pharygeal swallow reflex - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Pharyngeal wall and back of tongue move
together and pharyngeal muscles squeeze to move bolus down through the pharynx



Surgical management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅full or partial removal of components of swallowing