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

Spanish translation: reflejo nauseoso / reflejo del vómito

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English term or phrase:gag reflex
Spanish translation:reflejo nauseoso / reflejo del vómito
Entered by: Heidi C

16:42 Apr 23, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / Inservices Training
English term or phrase: "gag" reflex...which pushes the food down the throat.
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.
Karina Feliz
Local time: 10:48
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Explanation:
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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Note added at 24 mins (2007-04-23 17:06:55 GMT)
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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 -
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Heidi C
Local time: 10:48
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2comentario
Heidi C
4reflejo de "ahogo"...... que empuja.........
Eileen Brophy
4reflejo de deglución
hecdan (X)
2reflejo nauseoso ...lo que empuja los alimentos por el largo de la garganta
liz askew


Discussion entries: 3





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
reflejo nauseoso ...lo que empuja los alimentos por el largo de la garganta


Explanation:
possibly,

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

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Note added at 12 mins (2007-04-23 16:54:58 GMT)
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sorry, maybe that should be

...por lo largo de la garganta...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:48
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reflejo de "ahogo"...... que empuja.........


Explanation:
Suerte

Eileen Brophy
Spain
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reflejo de deglución


Explanation:
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)

hecdan (X)
Local time: 11:48
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
comentario


Explanation:
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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Note added at 24 mins (2007-04-23 17:06:55 GMT)
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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 -


Heidi C
Local time: 10:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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