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Is the esophagus a common passageway for respiration and digestion?
No, the esophagus only functions in digestion. The trachea is the passageway for respiration.
Is the esophagus digestion absorption or elimination?
absorption
Is the esophagus chemical digestion or mechanical digestion?
No chemical or mechanical digestion occurs in the esophagus, only propulsion, which is one of the six digestive processes.
Tube through which food is propelled but no digestion?
The esophagus.
What role does the esophagus play in the digestion system?
it sends broken down food to the stomach for digestion
What receives food from the esophagus?
The stomach receives food from the esophagus. Once food travels through the esophagus, it enters the stomach where digestion begins.
How does contraction of the muscles of the esophagus stomach and intestines help in digestion?
no
Which organs and structures carry out digestion?
I think the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and small intestine carry out digestion.
What is the tube through which food moves via peristalsis but no digestion takes place?
The esophagus moves food via peristalsis, but no digestion occurs in the esophagus. It connects the mouth and stomach.
Is the esophagus is involved in chemical digestion?
The esophagus is not directly involved in chemical digestion. Its main function is to transport food from the mouth to the stomach using peristaltic contractions. Chemical digestion primarily occurs in the stomach and small intestine, where enzymes break down food into nutrients that can be absorbed by the body.
How does the esophagus perform mechanical digestion?
Peristalsis. The movement of muscles bringing the food to the stomach.
Digestion begins when salivary gland secretions enter this?
esophagus -HBS
