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Swallowing disorders

Scope Notes:
Disorders affecting the functional structures involved in chewing and swallowing of food, term added December 1994

Related Term:

Feeding, Digestive system disorders

Use For:

ICF I:

  • b5 FUNCTIONS OF THE DIGESTIVE, METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS
  • s3 STRUCTURES INVOLVED IN VOICE AND SPEECH
  • s5 STRUCTURES RELATED TO THE DIGESTIVE, METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS

ICF III:

  • b510 Ingestion functions
  • s320 Structure of mouth
  • s520 Structure of oesophagus

ICF IV:

  • b5102 Chewing
  • b5105 Swallowing
  • s3202 Structure of palate
  • s3203 Tongue

ICF V:

  • s32020 Hard palate
  • s32021 Soft palate

Changes:

20-Oct-94 Added term; Sept 2020 added Digestive system disorders as RT