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The esophagus is a tube that runs between the throat and stomach. It is designed to help stomach acid stay in the stomach and to get food and drink to the stomach.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoit pushes the food down to the stomach by making the walls of the esophagus close behind the food forcing it to go only one way ... and its down to the stomach
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∙ 12y agoA food pipe that is connected to the stomach and allows food to be passed down to the stomach.
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What does a horse's esophagus do?
The role of the esophagus in an earthworm is to bring food to the stomach for digestion. The esophagus also maintain food flow in one direction.
Are lysosomes role in metabolism excretion?
Lysosomes's role in metabolism is digestion.
What is the main role the esophagus plays in the body?
Stomach is located in your abdomen. Food has to pass from your mouth to stomach. You need a passage for the same. Esophagus acts as the passage from mouth to abdomen.
Which best describe the role of xylem in a vascular plant?
Transfer of water from roots into a plant.
Discuss the role that fiber plays in the process of carbohydrate digestion?
While fiber may increase stool volume and slow the rate of digestion (at least insoluble fiber), the actual process of digestion would be unaffected by fiber, as compared to the effects of amylase and pepsin in the GI tract.
Which best describes the role of the esophagus in the digestion?
It carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
Which best described the role of the esophagus in digestion?
It carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
Which describes the best role of the esophagus in digestion?
It carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
What role does the esophagus play in the digestion system?
it sends broken down food to the stomach for digestion
What role does the esophagus play in the digestion of food?
It carries the food from your mouth to your stomach
What role does your esophagus play in digestion?
the osophagus is the conduit for all compounds to enter the body
What is the Pharynx role in digestion?
The Pharynx provides a passage from the mouth to the esophagus and larynx. This opening allows swallowed substances into the esophagus yes yes.
What does a horse's esophagus do?
The role of the esophagus in an earthworm is to bring food to the stomach for digestion. The esophagus also maintain food flow in one direction.
What kind of digestion happens in your esophagus?
the esophagus is just the delivery guy. It just push the food down to your stomach. But what it also does is uses saliva enzymes to slide it down to make it soft and actually digestible. An important role.
Which best describes the role of the esophagus in digesting?
It carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
Does any digestion of food occur in the esophagus?
Yes saliva is used to help turn the food into a substance which is able to slide down the esophagus. Salivary glands produce the saliva in the mouth however; the saliva does help to digest the food slightly in order for it to be moved by peristaltic waves. The main function of the esophagus is to move the food, but it will have been slightly digested.
Which of the following best describes the role of the esophagus during digestion?
taking it to stomach
