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Craniofacial Exam 1 questions and answers2024
Facial clefting is the... - 2nd most common congenital deformity
4th most common birth defect in US
About every kid with cleft palate has... - Middle ear HL
Nasal root - Where nose begins
In between eyes
Columella - Part of nose that separates your nostrils
Nasal ala - Sides of nose
Nasal base - Under side of nose
Philtrum - Dimple from columella to lip
White Roll - Part of upper lip that serves as outline and separates lip from facial
skin
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Vermillion - Red part of lip
Dorsal part of tongue - Back part
Ventral part of tongue - Underside surface
Anterior Faucial pillars - Arch off of uvula
Posterior faucial pillars - Back a bit further from anterior which is off of uvula
The pterygoid plate is part of the... - Sphenoid bone
The velum needs to _______ when it goes up and down. - Stiffen
Eustachian tubes are on a _______ plane in children and a ________ degree angle
in adults. - Horizontal, 45
Three parts of the velopharyngeal port - Velum (soft palate)
Lateral pharyngeal walls
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Posterior pharyngeal walls
Proper VP fx requires coordinated movement of these three structures
Velar movement for oral speech moves in a ______ and _____ direction to contact
the _____. This is also known as a knee action. - Superior, posterior, PPW
Velar dimple - Point of bend in the velum during contraction
Formed by contraction of levator muscles
Located around 80% mark of hard palate and soft palate
Lateral pharyngeal wall movement - Contributes to VP closure by moving medially
Usually close against the velum
Sometimes close in midline behind velum
Posterior pharyngeal wall movement - Moves anteriorly toward velum
Very little role
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Passavant's Ridge - Bulge of muscle on the posterior pharyngeal wall during
speech. Occurs in some normal and abnormal speakers. Usually below point of
contact.
Velopharyngeal closure - Coordinated 3D closure of structures
Happens anterior-posterior-, vertical, horizontal
Closes valve like a sphincter
Closes off nasal cavity from oral cavity
Velopharyngeal fx - Regulates and directs transmission of sound energy and
airflow in the oral and nasal cavities
Important for production of pressure-sensitive consonant sounds (stops,
aspirants, sibilants) and all vowels
Muscles of VP closure - Levator velli palatini (velar sling)
Superior constrictor (pharyngeal ring)
Palatopharyngeus (post. faucial pillar)
Palataglossus (ant. faucial pillar)
Musculus uvulae (bulge on nasal surface)
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