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velopharyngeal closure

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velopharyngeal closure,
closure of the nasal airway by the elevation of the soft palate and contraction of the posterior and lateral pharyngeal wall. It is needed for vowels and for all consonants except /n/, /m/, and /ng/.

closure [klo´zher]
delayed primary closure the surgical closing of a wound several days after the injury because the wound was initially too contaminated to close; called also healing by third intention.
Vacuum Assisted closure (VAC) trademark for a system that uses the controlled negative pressure of a vacuum to promote healing of certain types of wound. The edges of the wound are made airtight with foam and a dressing, and a tube is placed in the wound, connecting to a canister that creates a vacuum. Infectious materials and other fluids are then sucked out of the wound.
velopharyngeal closure closure of nasal air escape by the elevation of the soft palate and contraction of the posterior pharyngeal wall; see also velopharyngeal insufficiency.
visual closure identification of complete forms or objects from incomplete visual presentations.

closure,
n the act or condition of being brought together or closed up.
closure, adjustive arcs of,
n.pl the arcs of jaw closure found in deflective malocclusion caused by an intercusping of the teeth that does not coincide with a centrically related jaw closure.
closure, arcs of mandibular,
n.pl the circular or elliptic arcs created by closure of the mandible.
closure, centric path of,
n the path traversed by the mandible during closure when its associated neuromuscular mechanism is in a balanced state of tonus.
closure, velopharyngeal
n the closure of nasal air escape by the knee-action elevation of the soft palate and contraction of the posterior pharyngeal wall.
closure, voluntary arcs of,
n.pl jaw closure directions consciously made by a patient.


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Abstract The velopharyngeal closure mechanism acts as a valve to separate the oral and nasal cavities during speech and swallowing.
A speech/language pathologist (SLP) will determine the presence or absence of velopharyngeal closure through careful speech assessment that includes a nasopharyngoscopic examination and in some cases, multiview videofluoroscopy.
 
 
 
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