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How do the wall of the stomach different from the wall of the esophagus?
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∙ 10y ago
The stomach has to digest the food. The wall of the esophagus has to pass the food to stomach. So the walls of both are designed by nature like that.
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Which muscle type moves food into the stomach?
smooth muscles in the wall of the esophagus.
What organ does your body use to digest food?
the mouth,the stomach,the esophagus,liver,small intestine,large intestine,
Passageway for food that is behind the trachea?
The esophagus is the tube from pharynx to stomach.
What connects the oral cavity to the stomach?
• Esophagus Passes food from the mouth to the stomach
What is the lower end of the esophagus termed?
The end bit of the esophagus is the stomach. But before the stomach there's the gastroesophageal junction which leads into the stomach. Just above the junction there is the diaphragm (but that isn't attached to the esophagus) .
Which muscle type moves food into the stomach?
smooth muscles in the wall of the esophagus.
Where does the esophagus lead to?
The esophagus leads to the stomach.
What connects the pharynx to stomach?
The pharynx is connected to the stomach by the esophagus. The esophagus is a muscular tube in which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach (Here's a fact: The esophagus is usually about 25-30cm long).
What is the is the esophagus?
The esophagus is a muscular tube that connects the throat, or pharynx, to the stomach. It carries food from the mouth to the stomach
What are the structures joining the pharynx to the stomach?
esophagus
Is the esophagus the tube from the mouth to the stomach?
esophagus
The muscular tube that leads from the mouth is the?
From the mouth to the stomach is the esophagus.
Would sections of the gut wall taken from the esophagus stomach and small intestine look the same and why?
No, because each of these organs carry out different functions. The stomach wall secretes a strong acid, so it will look different to the small intestine, which is responsible for absorbing nutrients and producing enzymes. This in turn bears no resemblance to the oesophagus - best suited to carry out the process of peristalsis, allowing food to move through, into the stomach.
Passageway for food that is behind the trachea?
The esophagus is the tube from pharynx to stomach.
What organ does your body use to digest food?
the mouth,the stomach,the esophagus,liver,small intestine,large intestine,
Use esophagus in a sentence?
The esophagus links the throat to the stomach.
How does food travel through the esophagus?
stomach- small intestine- large instestine
