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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
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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.
Forces food into the pharynx?
Tongue
Forces food back into pharynx?
This would be accomplished by the regurgitative process known as vomiting.
What forces food back into the pharynx so that it can glide easily down the esophagus?
Your tongue.
What forces air into the trachea?
pharynx
What structure carries both food and air?
The pharynx is the back of the throat (divided loosely into nasopharynx and oropharynx) which allows food to enter the oesophagus and air to enter the thrachea.
What forces food into pharynx so that it can glide easily down esophagus?
A number of things are involved in moving food into the pharynx so goes down into the esophagus. The tube is lubricated with mucus, the tongue helps push the food further and the smooth muscle lining the tract also pushes the food down.
Which process moves food through pharynx?
which process moves food through pharynx
What is an pharynx?
Food enters the mouth. The pharynx acts as a suction pump; its muscular walls draw in food. In the pharynx, the pharyngeal glands secrete mucus.
What does the pharynx do in earth worm?
Food such as soil enters the earthworm's mouth where it is swallowed by the pharynx.
What structure serve as a passageway for both air and food?
Your Pharynx
