As a simplified response, muscles in the tongue pushes food into the pharynx. However, it's a little more complicated than that.
This address has good info on your question: http://www.nature.com/gimo/contents/pt1/full/gimo1.html
food is moved through the esophagus through peristalsis.
The food is pushed through the Oesophagus by a process called Peristalsis.
Perilstasis is the how the muscles contract to move food through the digestive system. Also gravity helps, I bet.
The wave-like muscle contraction that moves food along the esophagus is called peristalsis.
one word answer, peristalsis....
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the asophagus by, the muscles in the (Gullet) by contractions in the gullet. i think ?
discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward along the esophagus is known as?
translation. It results in a protein being made and released.
The epithelial of the esophagus and small intestine differ as their functions differ. The small intestine allows absorption and helps break down food. The esophagus is the tube to move the food along the digestive process. The epithelial of the esophagus are extremely sensitive to acid.
Peristaltic movement.
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causes a wave of esophageal contraction called peristalsis. Peristalsis pushes food along the esophagus. Normally, peristalsis causes the esophageal sphincter to relax and allow food into the stomach.
The organs that your food passes through pushes it along. E.g: The esophagus (aka: The gullet) squeezes and pushes the food down. That's why you can eat upside down without the food coming back up!
the protein myoglobin pushes along actin to shorten the muscle fiber
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The esophagus is the muscular tube connecting your mouth to your stomach. The muscles are a special type, smooth muscle tissue which contracts and relaxs without conscious thought. The movement is controlled by nerve tissues ad the contractions move the food along.
It is called, "electric current", and is measured in "Amperes".
The oesophagus contracts to push/move food along through it. This motion of contraction to move food along is calledperistalsis. The tongue just helps with moving the bolus (roundish ball of chewed food mixed with saliva) from the mouth cavity and into the oesophagus.
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