. 2021 May 13;9(5):576. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9050576

Table 7.

Expert Exemplary Quotes Extracted Verbatim on Basic Swallow Exam

Expert Code	Exemplary Quotes
T3	“..mouth is pretty scary for people but as a beginner and basic competency of looking in the mouth and looking even the teeth for chewing and swallowing and stuff is really valuable.” “—and then the tongue is really hard, but at least you can start with the teeth and swallowing and things.”
R6	“We test to cranial nerve V, which is the trigeminal nerve where we look at the motor function and the sensory functions. 7th cranial nerve, which is all the motor function of the face.” “…..definitely include the oral, you know the head and neck region, which also includes assessing for the muscles of mastication and the temporomandibular joint to look at range of motion in the jaw region.” “9th and 10th cranial nerves, we test collectively that is looking at the motor function of the palate seeing that the palate elevates, which helps protect the nasopharynx region so you don’t regurgitate food and liquid up through your nose. we’re looking to see if the uvula is in the midline. These are all again in the context of proper eating as well as swallowing risk of dysphagia.” “12th cranial nerve, we test for that which is motion of the tongue making sure it’s in the middle.” “11th cranial nerve, which has motor function and that’s keeping your—really keeping your head and neck upright so it’s the innervation of the sternocleidomastoid muscles, the SCM, and the trapezius muscle because if you are unable to keep your head neck straight while you’re eating, you have higher risk of dysphagia.”

Expert Code

Exemplary Quotes

“..mouth is pretty scary for people but as a beginner and basic competency of looking in the mouth and looking even the teeth for chewing and swallowing and stuff is really valuable.”
“—and then the tongue is really hard, but at least you can start with the teeth and swallowing and things.”

“We test to cranial nerve V, which is the trigeminal nerve where we look at the motor function and the sensory functions. 7th cranial nerve, which is all the motor function of the face.”
“…..definitely include the oral, you know the head and neck region, which also includes assessing for the muscles of mastication and the temporomandibular joint to look at range of motion in the jaw region.”
“9th and 10th cranial nerves, we test collectively that is looking at the motor function of the palate seeing that the palate elevates, which helps protect the nasopharynx region so you don’t regurgitate food and liquid up through your nose. we’re looking to see if the uvula is in the midline. These are all again in the context of proper eating as well as swallowing risk of dysphagia.”
“12th cranial nerve, we test for that which is motion of the tongue making sure it’s in the middle.”
“11th cranial nerve, which has motor function and that’s keeping your—really keeping your head and neck upright so it’s the innervation of the sternocleidomastoid muscles, the SCM, and the trapezius muscle because if you are unable to keep your head neck straight while you’re eating, you have higher risk of dysphagia.”