Sentence examples for functional tongue from inspiring English sources

This is not surprising because both a stable posterior occlusion and functional tongue movement are critical for proper eating.

The ability to close the lips and functional tongue movement were significant predictors of increased FIM gain, FIM efficiency, and the ratio of FIM improvement after rehabilitation (P<0.001, Mann–Whitney U-test, respectively) (Table 3).

However we found that the BMI was significantly higher in patients with stable posterior occlusions and functional tongue movement (posterior occlusion: stable versus loss, P=0.046; tongue movement: functional versus dysfunctional, P=0.027, Mann–Whitney U-test).

As shown in Table 3, the ability to close the lips and functional tongue movement, which relates to oral muscle strength, were significant predictors of an improvement in FIM scores.

Furthermore, we demonstrated that the ability to close the lips and functional tongue movement were highly significant predictors of improved FIM score, whereas loss of teeth or presence of mobile teeth were not correlated with any improvement.

While there was no correlation between BMI and either age or sex, we found that there was a significant difference in BMI in patients with a stable posterior occlusion and functional tongue movement, but no difference when looking at the ability to close the lips, loss of teeth or presence of mobile teeth.

While an explicit analysis of optimization is necessary, Langia, Sphingulini, and most Smerinthinae share a larva that has a pointed triangular head, a full set of oblique lateral stripes, a rough "shagreened" skin, and an adult with a non-functional tongue.

This elongation is thought to be responsible for a trade-off between two functional demands: tongue support and bite force [ 8, 9, 17].

The lodges are basic but functional, with tongue-and-groove walls and lots of light.

Motility caused by flap pliability increased speech intelligibility more than it did on swallowing function.Conclusion: Our experience in a few selected patients shows that the functional outcome of tongue surgery is related to the reconstruction methods used (for speech) and to the extent of tongue resection (for swallowing).

A Sparse Non-negative Matrix Factorization Framework for Identifying Functional Units of Tongue Behavior from MRI. IEEE Trans Med Imaging.