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EFFECTS OF VISCOSITY OF LIQUID FOODS ON PALATAL PRESSURE
Author(s) -
TAKAHASHI JUNKO,
NAKAZAWA FUMIKO
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of texture studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1745-4603
pISSN - 0022-4901
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4603.1991.tb00002.x
Subject(s) - viscosity , volume (thermodynamics) , newtonian fluid , swallowing , constant (computer programming) , materials science , chemistry , thermodynamics , composite material , medicine , physics , surgery , computer science , programming language
The deglutition of non‐Newtonian liquids introduced into the mouth was studied dynamically by measuring palatal pressure (P) with pressure transducers set at three locations on the palate. The value of P and the swallowing pressure (S) changed only from 100 to 200 g/cm 2 over the viscosity range 10 −2 to 10 1 Pa.s. The retaining time (T) and work (W), required for swallowing after the liquid entered the mouth, remained almost constant up to a critical value of 1.0 Pa.s. above which both T and W increased markedly. When the viscosity was low, all of the liquid was swallowed in one deglutition, up to 15 mL volume. Therefore, T was almost constant but S increased with the volume. When the viscosity was high, the liquid was swallowed in several smaller portions. When the volume was high, T increased and S was either constant or it decreased.