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What mixes with food and helps it to move through the esophagus?
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∙ 10y ago
muscular contractions
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What mixes in with food and helps it to move through the esophagus?
Chyme
How does the esophagus help move food through the digestive system?
peristalsis is a muscle that helps food to get through the oesphagus
What regulates the passage of food from the esophagus to the stomach?
esophagus helps digest food
Does food pass through the pharynx?
Food does pass through the pharynx before it goes into the esophagus and on to the stomach.
What does the long food tube called?
The tube that helps with the motion of food travelling to the stomach is called the esophagus. The esophagus is also called the food pipe.
Where does food go after it passes the throat?
It goes through the pharynx (throat), esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine.After food passes through the throat, it moves into the esophagus. The esophagus is a muscular tube that brings food to the stomach.
What goes through your esophagus?
The food that that you chew is what goes down your esophagus.
A sentence for the word esophagus?
The esophagus is a muscular tube that connects the throat to the stomach, allowing food and liquids to pass through it.
What role do salivary glands play in digesting the food that you eat?
The Salivary Glands make saliva which moistens the food and helps the food to move through the Esophagus easily.
Is the esophagus the organ through which swallowed food pushes?
Yes, the esophagus carries food from your mouth to your stomach.
What organ does the esophagus pass through?
The esophagus is the tube food passes through to reach from your mouth to your stomach.
What organ helps the frog push food into the esophagus?
The Gullet
