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The esophagus is a tube made of smooth muscle. It carries food from throat to stomach. The muscular movements of peristalsis moves the food downward, as well as by gravity. However, you can be upside down and food will still get to the stomach.
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Muscular organ that squeezes food into chyme?
stomach
What organ squeezes food down into the stomach is the?
The Esophagus
What tissue squeezes food down into the stomach?
the yellow one
How does Mechanical digestion happens in the stomach?
The stomach squeezes to help break down food.
What muscular organ squeezes food into chyme?
The stomach mixes food, swallowed saliva, and gastric juices into a substance called chyme.
What is the esophagas job?
It is a muscular tube that pushes food down from the throat to the stomach
What is it when walls are muscular and food moves down?
Gut , G.I.T. stomach intestine .
What is a J-shaped muscular sac that stores food and helps to digest food?
The stomach stretchy muscular sac holds food.
What take place in the stomach?
Your stomach performs both mechanical and chemical digestion. The stomach is a muscular sac that physically squeezes food about three times per minute. It also secetes enzymes and acid that chemically digest food particles.
What is the function of the esopagus?
The esophagus functions as a tube that connects the throat (pharynx) to the stomach. Its main function is to transport food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach through rhythmic contractions called peristalsis.
What squeezes food down to stomach?
Your esophagus moves it so even when you eat upside down it will still go to your stomach. The series of muscle relaxations (infront of the bolus) and contractions (behind the bolus) that moved food down the esophagus is called peristalsis.
What happens in the stomach during the digestion of a ham sandwich that you ate for lunch?
The Ham Sandwich is broken down both chemically and mechanically because the stomach produces gastric acid that breaks it down. Also, the stomach squeezes the food to help it break it down which is mechanical digestion.
