Plant R L
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 1998 Jun;31(3):477-88. doi: 10.1016/s0030-6665(05)70065-7.
Key anatomic and physiologic features that play an important role in normal and abnormal swallowing in the adult are described. Highlighted topics include the neurologic afferent and efferent control mechanisms, the effect of stroke on these mechanisms, and the upper and lower esophageal sphincters.