Speech language pathologists work with patients who have difficulty swallowing. Name the muscles that initiate swallowing and push food into the esophagus, and describe their actions
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Sternohyoid, sternothyroid, omohyoid, and thyrohyoid depress the hyoid bone and pharynx to push food toward the middle and lower throat while closing off entry to the respiratory tract. These actions are part of the swallowing reflex.
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Cataract leads to blindness due to
a) loss of transparency of the lens. b) a high intraocular pressure. c) photophobia. d) scotoma. e) trachoma.
The fluid that is transported by the lymphatic vessels, similar in composition to blood plasma but lower in protein concentration, is the ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What class of connective tissue does blood and hematopoietic tissue represent?
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