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The espohagus doesn't breakdown food, it just carries it from the mouth to the stomach. Not by gravity, but by musclar energy.
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What is the physical change in food when it enters the esophagus?
the physical change in the change in food when the enters esophagus is when it has a chemical breakdown in your mouth with a mechanical breakdown the chemical breakdown is when your salivia is making the food moist the mechanical is when you chew the food so it easier for it to enter the esophagus and so the salivia can get it moist then your esophagus uses muscles to push the food down into your stomache
How does the esophagus contribute to the digestive system?
The esophagus moves food from the throat to the stomach. Its function is strictly transport, as it provides no breakdown of food.
How does the esophagus perform mechanical digestion?
Peristalsis. The movement of muscles bringing the food to the stomach.
How do the digestive muscular and skeletal system work together to breakdown food?
The smooth muscles of the muscular system can be found in the esophagus. The esophagus pushes food down into the stomach where further digestion begins.
How would the teeth aid in an adult pigs breakdown of food?
The teeth would grind its food so that the food is in smaller pieces to slide down the esophagus easier, of course with the saliva that helps it.
What is the food passageway posterior to the larynx?
The esophagus is the food passageway posterior to the larynx.
A part of the digestive system between the mouth and the stomach?
The esophagus which is also known as the gullet.throatesophagusesophagus is a tube which take the food from pharynx and pas it to a stomachThe "tube" that carries food from your throat to your stomach is called your esophagus.gullet i thinkEsophagus allows food to travel from mouth to stomach.The esophagus is a tube like organ through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach.The tube leading to the stomach is known as the esophagusis the esophagusIts the esophagus.It is called ESOPHAGUS.Your esophagus.The esophagus.the esophagusesophagusesophagusesophagusEsophagusesophagusThe organ you are referring to is called the esophagus. It is the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.I think it's Esophagus
What happens to food when it goes down the esophagus?
the food is then forced down the esophagus.
Name two regions of the digestive tract where mechanical food breakdown processes are very important?
The mouth (by chewing) and the stomach (by gastric motion).
Tube carrying food from the mouth to he stomach?
The digestive system the esophagus. Food goes from your mouth and goes down your esophagus then to the stomach blood goes around the food and the liver takes what the blood absorbed down
Passageway for food that is behind the trachea?
The esophagus is the tube from pharynx to stomach.
What regulates the passage of food from the esophagus to the stomach?
esophagus helps digest food
