Max: Hello, Mrs Hudson. I've brought you a brochure to help explain about how to swallow safely before you start on a pureed diet today. I’ll go thought it with you now, if that’s OK ?
Mrs Hudson. : Yes. That’s OK.
Max: Before we start talking about swallowing. I’ll go though some of the parts of the head and neck.
Mrs Hudson. : All right.
Max: First of all, the food enters the mouth. then the teeth help with chewing the food.
Mrs Hudson. : Right, yes.
Max: The tongue also helps with chewing and swallowing the food.
Mrs Hudson. : I see.
Max: Then the soft food goes to the throat, which is at the back of the mouth.
Mrs Hudson. : OK.
Max: the throat joins up with two separate tubes.one tube is called the trachea or windpipe. The other tube is called the oesophagus.
Mrs Hudson. : Is that important ?
Max: Yes, it is. I’ll explain about it in a minute.
Mrs Hudson. : Oh, right.