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What is the name of the tube food goes down when you swallowed?

The name of the tube that food goes down when you swallow is called your esophagus.


After being swallowed food goes in this place where it is mixed with acid?

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.


What helps push food down to the back of the mouth where it is swallowed?

The tongue is a muscle which pushes food to the back of the mouth, where it the food is then swallowed.


What happens in pharynx?

The muscles in the esophagus move the food down into the stomach.


When food is swallowed it first passes down?

Esophagus


Where does swallowed food end up?

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


What is food called when swallowed?

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.


Where is newly swallowed food stored?

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.


What happened in buccal cavity?

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


Where does saliva go?

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.


Where does blood go when its swallowed?

Well first it goes down your throat, then dissolves in your stomach acids.


What do teeth and stomach do?

Teeth bite, cut and chew food, before it is swallowed and passed down into the stomach, where the food is digested.