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Where does the bolus go once the tongue pushes it towards the throat?
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to the pharynx
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8 steps to get food from mouth to stomach?
# The food is chewed up and moistened with saliva to become a bolus, or a rounded mass of food. # The bolus is pushed to the back of the mouth by the tongue and the cheeks. # The soft palate and pendant uvula seal off the nasal cavity. # The tip of the tongue pushes up against the top of the mouth while the base of the tongue pushes the food down, and the sides of the pharynx contract. # The hyoid bone and the larynx are elevated. # The bolus pushes down on the epiglottis, which blocks the trachea. # A contraction of the pharynx pushes the bolus into the esophagus, past the larynx. # Another wave of contractions pushes the bolus through the esophagus to the stomach. The muscles of the neck and throat then relax and return to their normal breathing position
Which structure helps move food to the pharynx?
The pharynx is the area immediately behind the mouth and nasal cavity before the oesophagus. The tongue is used to push the food towards the back of the throat to initiate the swallowing reflex. Swallowing reflex is initiated by touch receptors in the pharynx as a bolus of food is pushed to the back of the mouth by the tongue. Tongue
How do horses eat?
1. A Horse uses its lips and muzzle to gather food. 2.The incisor teeth bit it. (The food) 3.Tongue pushes food back to the molar teeth 4. Molar teeth grind food and mix it with saliva 5.Saliva warms food and starts digestion process 6.Tongue forms chewed food into a ball (Bolus) and pushes it to the back of the throat, (pharynx), ready to be swallowed. 7. Soft palate separates nasal cavity from the mouth and lifts it as the bolus is swallowed. 8. The windpipe (trachea) is closed and the bolus passes into the gullet (esophagus) 9.The peristalsis pushes the bolus down the windpipe. This is approximately 4-5 feet long. 10. The bolus passes through the chest, between the lungs and thought the diaphragm into the stomach.
What makes bolus?
The teeth are what makes bolus as they mash it up to form small lumps of food. the bolus is also soften by the muccin and made in a spherical shape by the help of tongue and palate this is when the bolus is completed
What is the round lump that the food is pushed by the tongue?
It is called the Bolus
How does swallowing occur?
You chew with your teeth and your salivary glands will eject saliva into your mouth and your tongue will push the food down your esophagus
What is a muscle that works with the food and saliva to form a ball?
That would be your tongue. The tounge moves the food around so the jaws can break it down. The ball of food going down your throat is called a bolus.
What is a muscle that works with the food and saliva to form a 'ball'?
That would be your tongue. The tounge moves the food around so the jaws can break it down. The ball of food going down your throat is called a bolus.
How does bolus move its way through the body?
the bolus is formed by chemwing food. it is swallowed and muscles in your throat push it down the esophagus past a valve into your stomach. once there the bolus disintegrates and digestion begins.
Which organ propels the food bolus towards the stomach?
esophagus
What is a bolus full of food?
its more or like the shape of food when you swallow along your throat
What is ball of food gathered by the teeth tongue and salivary glands?
In digestion, a bolus (from Latin bolus, ball) is a mass of food that (with animals that can chew) has been chewed at the point of swallowing. Under normal circumstances, the bolus then travels to the stomach for further digestion.
