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What is the return of swallowed food to the mouth called?
When food travels from the stomach back to the mouth, it is called regurgitation.In some animals, this is normally emesis, or vomiting. In ruminants such as cows, it is called chewing the cud. Birds normally regurgitate swallowed food to feed their young.
What does the oropharynx carry?
The oropharynx carries swallowed substances, including food, water, and salivary secretion
What two things are trapped and swallowed by cilia cells at the back of the throat?
The two things that are trapped and swallowed at the back of the throat by cilia cells are saliva and food. Medicines in the form of pills can also be trapped and swallowed, but trapped pills might make the person choke instead of swallow.
What is the large pear shaped bag in the upper part of your belly that mix the swallowed food with digestive juices?
The liver of course
What happens in pharynx?
The muscles in the esophagus move the food down into the stomach.
A portion of food swallowed at one time is called a?
bolus
What happens to food by then called bolus during deglutition?
its swallowed
What is the return of swallowed food to the mouth called?
When food travels from the stomach back to the mouth, it is called regurgitation.In some animals, this is normally emesis, or vomiting. In ruminants such as cows, it is called chewing the cud. Birds normally regurgitate swallowed food to feed their young.
What is the name of the tube food goes down when you swallowed?
The name of the tube that food goes down when you swallow is called your esophagus.
What muscular organ squeezes food into chyme?
The stomach mixes food, swallowed saliva, and gastric juices into a substance called chyme.
What is a portion of food swallowed at one time?
The portion of food to be swallowed at a time is 1 tablespoon to be exact!
What moves food mass in a small softball to the rear of the mouth where it is swallowed?
your muscles do and the process is called peristalsis.
What helps push food down to the back of the mouth where it is swallowed?
The tongue is a muscle which pushes food to the back of the mouth, where it the food is then swallowed.
What is a soft of chewed food ready to be swallowed?
A soft mass of chewed food ready to be swallowed is known as
When food is swallowed it goes down the?
Esophagus
What is the medical term used to described the mass of chewed food ready to be swallowed?
The medical term for the mass of chewed food ready to be swallowed is "bolus."
When food is swallowed it first passes down?
Esophagus
