Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

gag reflex

Spanish translation:

reflejo nauseoso / reflejo del vómito

Added to glossary by Heidi C
Apr 23, 2007 16:42
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English term

"gag" reflex...which pushes the food down the throat.

English to Spanish Medical Medical: Health Care Inservices Training
After the ham sandwich has been chewed and shaped into a ball of “mush”, the tongue pushes it to the back of the mouth where it triggers a swallowing reflex. (You might have heard this called the “gag” reflex.) This reflex makes the muscles in the throat contract which pushes the food down the throat.

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liz askew Apr 23, 2007:
in food/letting it go down the throat easily
liz askew Apr 23, 2007:
I have to say that I thought the "gag" reflex was completely different to the "swallowing" reflex, as the former is the reaction one has when the dentist/doctor puts something near the back of the throat. The swallowing reflex is the normal way of taking

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para mí, "gag reflex" es el reflejo del vómito o reflejo nauseoso, y la definición es completamente opuesta a la explicación que da el texto. (aunque tal vez sólo está usando esto como un término que el lector ha escuchado...)



gag reflex:
a normal reflex triggered by touching the soft palate or back of the throat that raises the palate, retracts the tongue and contracts the throat muscles; protects the airways from a bolus of food or liquid
depts.washington.edu/pwdlearn/web/glossary/glossary.htm

pharyngeal reflex: normal reflex consisting of retching; may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

The gag reflex is a reflex contraction of the back of the throat that prevents objects from entering the throat except as part of normal swallowing. This helps prevent choking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_reflex

Explicaciones del "reflejo del vómito":

El reflejo del vómito o antiperistaltismo, consiste en que cuando se produce una estimulación de la mucosa del aparato o bien, por alimentos en malas ...
www.aibarra.org/.../Fisio-Completa/TEMA III. MOTILIDAD GAST...

Los receptores 5-HT3 en el tracto gastrointestinal y en el centro del vomito del bulbo participan en el reflejo del vomito. Se cree que son particularmente ...
med.javeriana.edu.co/fisiologia/fw/c351.htm

Reflejo del vómito: Con el baja lengua toque la úvula (campanilla). Explique lo que sucede, haga el esquema respectivo y anote lo observado. ...

también, revisar http://www.proz.com/kudoz/818333
que dice "reflejo nauseoso"



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1) Definition of term: gag reflex. Term, gag reflex (n.). ... This reflex is abolished by impairment to the ninth cranial nerve. ... Translation to spanish: reflejo nauseoso ...
www.med.univ-rennes1.fr/iidris/index. php?action=contexte&num=4504&mode=mu&lg=an



2) Gag reflex: Arcadas causadas por un cuerpo extraño al entrar en contacto ... En un paciente aparentemente consciente el reflejo nauseoso puede estar comprometido ...
www.insm.es/glosariogr/glosarionsm/ terminos/ficha_terminos.php3?c_termino=671 - 2k -

3)en este caso, a partir del lavado gástrico), la emesis, que solamente puede ser inducida en pacientes conscientes y con reflejo nauseoso activo (obviamente no ...
www.abcmedicus.com/articulo/ id/189/pagina/13/auxiliar_enfermeria_27.html

4)Reflejo nauseoso : (NSM). Gag ... ausente. La ausencia del reflejo nauseoso se considera uno de los criterios de muerte del tronco cerebral.
www.insm.es/glosariogr/glosarionsm/ terminos/ficha_terminos.php3?c_termino=671 - 2k -
Peer comment(s):

agree PaulinaRich : great comments and references. There is a contradiction in the original text
2 hrs
Thanks Paulina. The text really doesn't make much sense here... Saludos:)
agree kironne : Absolutely. The gag reflex may be the preamble to vomiting. Really disgusting. //Also, this is common knowledge... there's almost no need to look it up (except for references here). The text is quite odd...
12 hrs
Thanks kironne :) And it is so understandable even in everyday language - "he makes me gag" yuk!
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reflejo nauseoso ...lo que empuja los alimentos por el largo de la garganta

possibly,

I'm not 100% convinced that "gag reflex" = same as "swallowing reflex"

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sorry, maybe that should be

...por lo largo de la garganta...
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reflejo de "ahogo"...... que empuja.........

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reflejo de deglución

y estoy de acuerdo con Liz, ya que el gag reflex es un reflejo de defensa (sería muy útil que lo sustituyera en los obesos, pero no es así)
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