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What regulates the passage of food from the esophagus to the stomach?
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∙ 9y ago
esophagus helps digest food
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agothe cardiac sphincter
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What is the function of the esophagus in sharks?
the esophagus it a tube like food passage it takes food down into the stomach
What is the main role the esophagus plays in the body?
Stomach is located in your abdomen. Food has to pass from your mouth to stomach. You need a passage for the same. Esophagus acts as the passage from mouth to abdomen.
What happens in pharynx?
The muscles in the esophagus move the food down into the stomach.
How do you spell asofigus?
The correct spelling is "esophagus." It is a muscular tube that connects the throat (pharynx) with the stomach.
How do you spell agsophigus?
The correct spelling is "esophagus" (food passage, connects throat and stomach).
Where is you're esophagus?
The esophagus is located just behind the trachea (windpipe), in the neck. It's at the end of your oral cavity down your neck and to your stomach. It is the muscular tube that links the mouth to the stomach. You cannot feel your esophagus in your throat because the trachea is in front of it.
What does the stomach carry?
The esophagus carries boluses of food from the mouth to the stomach.
What moves food down the esophagus?
From the oesophagus the food moves towards the stomach. Oesophagus acts as the passage way from mouth to stomach. Stomach lies in your abdomen. The mouth is above the thorax. The gap is filled in by the oesophagus.
Which food pipe runs from the mouth to the stomach?
Esophagus or Gullet. ya dumb shyteEsophagusEsophagus
What do you think are the functions of the pyloric valve and the cardiac valve in a pig?
The cardiac sphincter is located at the top of the stomach and controls the direction of food passing through the esophagus so that no food will re enter the esophagus. The Pyloric sphincter stops bile and digested food from entering the stomach, this valve is located at the bottom of the stomach.
Food moves down the esophagus towards what?
From the oesophagus the food moves towards the stomach. Oesophagus acts as the passage way from mouth to stomach. Stomach lies in your abdomen. The mouth is above the thorax. The gap is filled in by the oesophagus.
What is an esophagus?
"Erythematous" is red, and "esophagus" is the tube that carries from from your mouth to your stomach.
