Swallowing Phases & Development PDF

Swallowing – What’s Happening? Oral Preparatory  Get food/liquid into the mouth  Lip closure  Mastication to form bolus  Bolus to midline tongue  Take a look at the other structures  Voluntary Oral Transit  Tongue pushes on hard palate in front and drops in back to allow...

Swallowing – What’s Happening? Oral Preparatory  Get food/liquid into the mouth  Lip closure  Mastication to form bolus  Bolus to midline tongue  Take a look at the other structures  Voluntary Oral Transit  Tongue pushes on hard palate in front and drops in back to allow food to fall back in mouth  Tongue pushes back  Soft palate starts to lifts  Take a look at the other structures  Voluntary Pharangeal  Voluntary - Involuntary  Initiates in various locations  Soft palate lifts  Posterior tongue touches posterior pharyngeal wall  Pharyngeal constrictors push bolus down  UES Opens Pharyngeal (Larynx)  Elevation  Excursion  Epiglottis flips down Esophageal  UES opens then closes  Peristalsis  LES Opens then closes  Swallow Development Developmental_Feeding Milestones birth_36months.docx Swallowing and feeding in infants and young children Joan C. Arvedson, GI Motility online (2006); doi:10.1038/gimo17  Texture Exploration Try a consistency What is happening in your mouth? Oral motor patterns What needs to happen to successfully swallow this bolus?