The effect of taste and mastication on lymph flow in the neck region.
In 10 out of 12 patients, there was a significantly stimulatory effect on lymph flow during taste and in 9 out of 10 patients there was a significant stimulatory effect on lymph flow during mastication. The stimulatory effect of mastication could be a parallel to the conditions observed in the leg but the stimulatory effect of taste could also indicate an active process perhaps of neurogenic origin.
D006801:Humans; D008196:Lymph / Q000502:physiology*; D008409:Mastication; D009333:Neck; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*