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Is the top of the tongue lateral ventral dorsal facial surface?

Yes. Ventral can mean closer to the abdomen, below or the bottom surface of an object such as ventral surface of the tongue (bottom side).


Which of these is a muscle pharynx tongue mucous saliva?

tongue


Forces food into the pharynx?

Tongue


What muscles move food to the pharynx?

the tongue


What forces back food into the pharynx?

The tongue is the muscle that forces food into the pharynx. When you chew and then swallow, it is the back of your tongue that forces the food back and down your throat.


What forces food back into into pharynx?

The tongue is the muscle that forces food into the pharynx. When you chew and then swallow, it is the back of your tongue that forces the food back and down your throat.


What attaches the tongue to the pharynx?

There are two types of muscles associated with the tongue, the intrinsic and the extrinsic. The extrinsic muscles attach the tongue to the skull and anchor it to the throat.


What forces food back into the pharynx so that it can glide easily down the esophagus?

Your tongue.


What forces food into the pharynx?

It is initiated by the voluntary phase of swallowing (deglutition). This is where the food is squeezed or rolled into the pharynx by pressure of the tongue upward and backward against the palate


Where is the pharynx located on a planarian?

The pharynx in a planarian is located on the ventral side of the body, towards the front end. It is a muscular tube-like structure that extends out of the body to help the planarian feed on prey.


Which structure helps move food to the pharynx?

The pharynx is the area immediately behind the mouth and nasal cavity before the oesophagus. The tongue is used to push the food towards the back of the throat to initiate the swallowing reflex. Swallowing reflex is initiated by touch receptors in the pharynx as a bolus of food is pushed to the back of the mouth by the tongue. Tongue


Which organs muscles move food back into the pharynx?

The tongue pushes food to the back of the mouth.