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The esophagus is a muscular tube connecting the throat with the stomach. It is about 8 inches long and transports saliva, liquids and foods from the mouth to the stomach.
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The gullet no digestive or absorptive function?
The Esophagus
What is peristaltic movement and how does it function in the esophagus?
The peristaltic movements are muscle contractions and its function on the esophagus is to push food down into the stomach and prevent it from going back into the esophagus.
What is the function of the mucus lining in the esophagus?
It lubricates the esophagus and assists in swallowing.
The opening that transmits the esophagus from the thoracic to the abdominal cavity?
esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm
Gullet no absorption function?
Esophagus
What is the function of the esophagus in respiratory system?
The function of the esophagus is to connect the throat to the stomach. This allow food and/or liquid to reach the stomach after it is swallowed.
What is the function of a throat?
The throat contains the esophagus and the trachea. The esophagus is for food and the trachea is for air.
Which body cavity contains the trachea and the esophagus?
The oesophagus passes through the thoracic cavity and into the abdominal part of the abdominopelvic cavity
What organ is in the epigastric region?
Abdominal esophagus, left lobe of liver, pancreas and the duodenum
Is the esophagus the tube from the mouth to the stomach?
esophagus
How does the peristaltic movement function in the esophagus?
Pizza
Where is stomach location?
The stomach is located in the abdominal cavity. Located at the distal end of the esophagus, just inferior to the diaphragm.
