Anatomy
The only bone in the human body that doesn't connect to any other bone?
What is the hyoid?
The first level of the ICF describes this.
What is Disease/disorder?
When someone has difficulty swallowing.
What is dysphagia?
When sound can't travel through the ear canal, it may still be transmitted by this mechanism.
What is bone conduction?
This elevates during swallowing to protect the airway.
What is the larynx?
The flap that protects the airway during breathing
What is the epiglottis?
When someone has a cleft palate, we describe this as....
What is a structural disorder?
Irregular productions of sounds and words despite comprehension.
What is apraxia?
Sounds are transmitted by the ear drum (tympanum) to these bones.
What are the incus, malleus, and stapes (ossicles)?
This structure moves food from the front to the back of the mouth.
What is the tongue?
This elevates to close off the nasal passages during speech and swallowing.
What is the vellum?
When someone lacks access due to their disability, this limits their....
What is participation?
This is considered to be a perceptual disorder.
Hearing loss or deafness.
This structure is what we usually call the outer ear.
What is the pinna?
This is indicated when you hears a wet sound during speech following a meal.
What is aspiration?
(or penetration)
When the larynx elevates, this opens to allow food to enter the esophagus.
What is the Upper Esophageal Sphincter (UES)?
When people around someone with a disability impact their ability to function, this is part of the...
Level 3 - context
When we don't know the exact cause of a disorder, we call it this.
What is a functional disorder?
These tiny structures on the cochlea turn mechanical energy into a electrical impulses.
What are hair cells?
This may be performed to test for an unsafe swallow.
Video fluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS)
A fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES)
These get you dizzy when you spin in a circle.
What are the semi-circular canals?
This organization worked with it's member states to create the ICF.
What is the World Health Organization?
This congenital disorder may cause difficulty with breathing, swallowing, and speaking.
What is cerebral palsy?
This transmits sounds from the cochlea to the rest of the brain.
The eight auditory nerve.
An efficient swallow requires these three things.
What are strength, timing, and coordination?