Kumedza

Kumedza chitiiko chinotedera zvadyiwa kubva mukwanwa, zvichidzika nepahuro, nenzira inoti muronga wemweya unenge wakavharika kuti munhu asakachidzwa.

• Kuronda kana kudika (Block food passage as hastily eaten sweet potato does) zvichireva kudzipwa nechikafu sezvinoita munhu achimbidza kumedza mbambaira hombe.
• Kudangarira kana kudunga (Swallow without chewing) zvichireva kumedza usina kutsenga kana kudungira.

Real-time MRI – swallowing

Sagittal view of mouth and pharynx

Chirevo

• Imbwa kumedza bvupa ingodada nechivhuno. A dog swallowing a bone is confident of its power to break it.
• Munguva yeHondo yeChimurenga vaimbi vakaimba - Vakatora nyika vakaita machimbidza kumedza, kutsenga kuchada'.

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaKikuyu vanoti komeria (v. swallowing) vachireva kumedza.