How long is the esophogus?

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ResultCurtis, Helena, & Sue N. Barnes. "The Pharynx and Esophagus: Swallowing. " Biology. 5th ed. New York: Worth, 1989: 718."From the mouth, food is propelled backward toward the esophagus, a muscular tube about 25 centimeters long in adult humans"25 cmLiebow, Charles. "Esophagus." World Book Online Americas Edition.30 May 2001."The human esophagus is about 10 inches (25 centimeters) long. The esophagus of fish is short, while that of giraffes is extremely long."25 cmPope II, Charles E. "Normal Anatomy and Developmental Anomalies." Gastrointestinal Disease: Pathophysiology/Diagnosis/Management. By Marvin H. Sleisenger and John S. Fordtran. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1993: 311."Its length, as measured in the cadaver, ranges from 25 to 30 cm in the adult."25-30 cmBlakiston. "Esophagus." Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979."Esophagus-The musculomembranous canal, about nine inches in length, extending from the pharynx to the stomach; the gullet."23 cmStedman, Thomas Lathrop. "Esophagus." Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 27th ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000."It is about 25 cm long and consists of three parts: the cervical part, from the cricoid cartilage to the thoracic inlet; the thoracic part, from the thoracic inlet to the diaphragm; and the abdominal part, below the diaphragm to the cardiac opening of the stomach."25 cm