Mastication and Swallowing : : Biological and clinical correlates /

Mastication and Swallowing : : Biological and clinical correlates / / Barry J. Sessle, Alan G. Hannam.

Mastication and Swallowing are functions common to most forms of animal life, yet there exists much uncertainty as to their biological basis, and a diversity of opinion on the treatment of disorders of the mastication and deglutitory appartus. During the last fifteen years ther ehas been a considera...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
VerfasserIn:
Sessle, Barry J.,
Hannam, Alan G.,
MitwirkendeR:
Dellow, Peter G.,
Dubner, R.,
Gobel, Stephen,
Goldberg, L.J.,
Greenwood, L.F.,
Hannam, A.G.,
Kubota, Kisou,
Lund, J.P.,
Møller, Eigild,
Roydhouse, R.H.,
Sessle, B.J.,
Storey, A.T.,
Thomas, N.R.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1976
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (204 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contributors
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • SECTION ONE. Mastication and swallowing in perspective
  • Chairman's Introduction
  • The general physiological background of chewing and swallowing
  • DISCUSSION
  • Interactions of alimentary and upper respiratory tract reflexes
  • DISCUSSION
  • Chairman's Summary
  • SECTION TWO. Mastication and swallowing: Motoneurone mechanisms
  • Chairman's Introduction
  • Motoneurone mechanisms: reflex controls
  • DISCUSSION
  • Motoneurone mechanisms: suprasegmental controls
  • DISCUSSION
  • Chairman's Summary
  • SECTION THREE. Mastication and swallowing: Pain and related sensory influences
  • Chairman's Introduction
  • Mandibular dysfunction or jaw-related headaches: a review and definition
  • DISCUSSION
  • Some considerations of synaptic organization in the trigeminal sensory nuclei of the adult cat
  • DISCUSSION
  • Pain, brain stem mechanisms, and motor function
  • DISCUSSION
  • Chairman's Summary
  • SECTION FOUR. Mastication and swallowing: Patterning and controls of muscle activity
  • Chairman's Introduction
  • Human muscle patterns
  • DISCUSSION
  • Oral-facial sensation in the control of mastication and voluntary movements of the jaw
  • DISCUSSION
  • Chairman's Summary
  • SECTION FIVE. Workshop group reports
  • How are mastication and swallowing programmed and regulated?
  • Is dental occlusal harmony obligatory for muscle harmony?
  • What mechanisms contribute to the coordination of tongue movements during mastication and swallowing?
  • Index

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