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What flexible organ of the mouth helps push food toward the teeth and aids in swallowing?
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∙ 9y ago
the tongue
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agothe uvula
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What organ in the body is flexible and it helps the mouth push food toward the teeth and aids in swallowing?
Tounge!(:
How does swallowing help in digesting food?
Swallowing helps to pass something from mouth to our pharynx to insert some nutrients in our body.
How does food get from your mouth to your throat?
by swallowing
Where does deglutition occur?
Deglutition is swallowing, and involves the mouth, pharynx and oesophagus.
What is abbreviation for swallowing?
To digest an item, through the use of the mouth.
Why do you swallow your spit?
Swallowing saliva is a natural reflex that helps keep your mouth moist and aids in digestion. It also helps prevent buildup of excess saliva in your mouth.
Does the Dugong has a flexible mouth?
no they can not
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
What is the best way to remove semen residue from the mouth?
swallowing.
Is there any remedy for a burned esophagus?
there isn't a remedy, but swallowing ice-cream without letting it melt in your mouth can help ease the pain.drinking icy water also helps.
How does the zebra horse hybrid eat the food?
by putting it into its mouth and swallowing
It pushes food to the back of the mouth prior to swallowing?
a tongue
