Swallowing Image: Right and Wrong

W5 Discussion Question 1: Swallowing Image: Right and Wrong

Purpose: This discussion will help you strengthen your knowledge of accurate anatomical structures involved in the first three phases of swallowing.

Initial Post (due Friday by 11:59 pm CST): The image below was AI generated with the prompt: Create an image of the four phases of swallowing with important structures.

This image has multiple errors that do not correctly represent the swallowing related anatomical structures and overall accurate phases of swallow.

PART 1: Identify and describe at minimum of four errors/discrepancies in this AI generated image, compared to the information you have learned in this course. Make sure that you do not just identify an error, but describe the error.

PART 2: After describing the incorrect aspects of the image below, now display more of your knowledge about the phases of swallowing. Define and explain each phase of swallow. Provide a minimum of four identifying descriptors for each phase of swallowing and name a minimum of three anatomical structures for each phase of swallowing.

Your response should be at least 300 words.

Remember to follow the . Use the for in-text citations and include a minimum of two references from .