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Problem
During the pharyngeal phase of swallowing, there are protective mechanisms that prevent aspiration of foreign material to the trachea. Which response best describes all of the protective mechanisms? Get the instant assignment help.
A. Vocal fold closure, soft palate elevation, and tonic closure of the cricopharyngeus muscle
B. Upward and forward movement of the hyoid and larynx allowing the larynx to tuck under the base of the tongue, suck-swallow-breathe pattern, pharyngeal constriction
C. Soft palate elevation, tongue base retraction, rotation of the arytenoid cartilages
D. Epiglottic inversion to direct the bolus away from the laryngeal vestibule
E. Vocal fold closure, upward and down ward movement of the hyoid and larynx allowing the larynx to tuck under the base of the tongue, and epiglottic inversion to direct the bolus away from the laryngeal vestibule