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The length of the esophagus is determined by a person's age and height.

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Does the trachea is posterior to the esophagus and superior to the larynx?

The Larynx is anatomically slightly anterior, or in front of, the esophagus. Larynx ( also called as VOICE BOX ) is anterior to esophagus.


The esophagus is located where to the trachea?

Esophagus is located on the back side of the trachea in your thorax.


What are two ways to differentiate between the trachea and esophagus?

First, the trachea is part of the respiratory system while the esophagus is part of the digestive system of human and some of the animals. Second, the trachea is the tube in air-breathing vertibrates that conducts air from the throat to the bronchi. It is commonly called windpipe and is made up of numerous cartilaginous half rings which is adjacent to the esophagus. Lying in front of the esophagus. While esophagus, a mascular tube about 10 inches long passes behind the trachea and the heart. The passage down which food moves between the throat and the stomach. In short, trachea is where the air passes while esophagus is where the food passes.


Where is the esophagus in relation to the trachea?

The esophagus is right behind the trachea, in line with it. In anatomical terms, both are located medially; neither is lateral to the other. The esophagus is dorsal or posterior to the trachea. The trachea is anterior or ventral to the esophagus.


What receives food from the esophagus?

The stomach receives food from the esophagus. Once food travels through the esophagus, it enters the stomach where digestion begins.