Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Is Failure of the Velopharyngeal Mechanism to Separate

question 37

Multiple Choice

Velopharyngeal insufficiency is failure of the velopharyngeal mechanism to separate the and cavities during speech and swallowing.

• A) Pharyngeal, laryngeal
• B) Laryngeal, oral
• C) Oral, nasal
• D) Oral, pharyngeal

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