Esophagus
The name of the tube that food goes down when you swallow is called your esophagus.
After being swallowed, food goes into the stomach where it is mixed with stomach acid. The stomach acid helps to break down the food into smaller particles for digestion and absorption of nutrients.
The tongue is a muscle which pushes food to the back of the mouth, where it the food is then swallowed.
The muscles in the esophagus move the food down into the stomach.
Esophagus
the food goes through your esophagus and through your small & large intestines. there after, it breaks down to solids/liquids & all essentials and enters your digestive area
When swallowed, food is referred to as a bolus. This is a mass of chewed food mixed with saliva that travels down the esophagus to the stomach for further digestion.
Newly swallowed food is stored in the stomach, where it is mixed with digestive juices and broken down into smaller molecules for absorption in the intestines.
food is put into the mouththe food is chewedfood broken down into piecessaliva mixes with the food(helps in breaking down of food)food is swallowed
Saliva is produced by the salivary glands in the mouth and is swallowed. It helps with digestion by moistening food and beginning the breakdown process with enzymes. After swallowing, saliva travels down the esophagus and into the stomach.
Well first it goes down your throat, then dissolves in your stomach acids.
Teeth bite, cut and chew food, before it is swallowed and passed down into the stomach, where the food is digested.