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- Title
Inspirational lessons from watching swallows.
- Authors
Cherniack, Neil S.
- Abstract
The article discusses a bidirectional gas flow indicator for detecting airflow during swallowing which is used to examine the coordination of deglutition with breathing in normal subjects spontaneously swallowing while breathing air and hypercapnic gas. The article assumes that the expiratory activity surrounding swallowing helps prevent noxious chemicals and microbes from passing from the mouth into the lungs. It notes, however, that the importance of such a coordination as a protective mechanism relative to the upper airway muscle activity is unclear.
- Subjects
GAS flow; AIR flow; DEGLUTITION; BACTERIA; AIRWAY (Anatomy); RESPIRATION
- Publication
Experimental Physiology, 2009, Vol 94, Issue 4, p398
- ISSN
0958-0670
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1113/expphysiol.2009.046888