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What is the small mass of food that enters into the esophagus is?
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What anatomic structure does the bolus pass through?
The bolus, which is a mass of chewed food mixed with saliva, passes through the esophagus, which is a muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.
What is a small mass of food called?
A bolus
Where is the bolus located?
a bolus is a mass of substance, such as a mothfull of food. the food passaing down your esophagus is a "bolus". also medication and other medical procedures are given by bolus, as in iv meds and tube feedings.
What is the food mass that passed through the stomach to the small intestine?
chyme
What is the name of the souplike food mass that leaves the stomack?
"Chyme" is the souplike food mass that leaves the stomach and passes into the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine).
Where is hydrochloric acid added to food mass?
the stomach
Where is hydrochloric acid to the food mass?
added to the food mass in the stomach. Digestion of proteins starts here, but all digestion is completed in the first 10 inches of the small intestine, the duodenum
How do you find the mass of the metal washers?
You place them on a small scale (possibly that also weighs food)
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.
The main ways sediment enters a river are mass movement and?
Runoff
What is the function of the salivary duct?
The Salivary duct is like salivary gland and its to make saliva and help the bolus ( soft mass chewed food ) go down the esophagus easily. And saliva contains enzymes which help break down food to form which the body use.
Describe briefly the function of the pharyngeal constrictor muscles?
The main purpose of the pharyngeal constrictor muscles is to allow food received through the larynx to pass through the esophagus. this is achieved when the elevator muscles relax, the pharynx descends and the constrictors contract upon the bolus of food. Bolus- a mass of food that has been chewed.
