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The muscle responsible for swallowing is the skeletal muscle inform of the tongue with the help of the smooth muscles of the esophagus and the pharynx. This is the very first stage of digestion.

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Swallowing is a complex mechanism using both skeletal muscle (tongue) and smoothmuscles of the pharynx and esophagus.

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