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2-3 sec. it takes 4-8 minutes for food to trvel down the esophagus
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoFood traveling through the esophagus can take usually 5-8 seconds.
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∙ 15y agoabout 10 inches (25 centimeters) long
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∙ 11y agoIngesta can transit through the human esophagus within a few seconds.
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∙ 11y agoFood is moved down the esophagus by a wave-like movement called peristalsis.
It then enters the stomach through the cardia sphincter.
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∙ 8y agoFood is not stored. Food moves directly down to stomach
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∙ 14y ago25centimetres (10inches)
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∙ 13y ago2 to 4hrs
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Is peristalsis what involves muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus?
yes
What is the movement called that pushes food along the esophagus?
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
What are facts about the esophagus?
The esophagus is approximately 25cm long. Muscles contract in waves to move the food down the esophagus. This means that food would get to a person's stomach, even if they were standing on their head.it si abosuyt dgse trersa bfdh kitta kanaldal dgrrhyh yeah! kitty
How do the epithelial between the esophagus and small intestine differ?
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.
What are the waves of contraction called that move the food to the stomach?
Peristalsis. The process of peristalsis begins in the esophagus when a bolus of food is swallowed. The strong wave-like motions of the smooth muscle in the esophagus carry the food to the stomach, where it is churned into a liquid mixture called chyme.
What mixes in with food and helps it to move through the esophagus?
Chyme
What structure hepls move food to the pharynx?
which process moves food through the esophagus
How does the esophagus help move food through the digestive system?
peristalsis is a muscle that helps food to get through the oesphagus
Is peristalsis what involves muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus?
yes
What type of cells are found in the esophagus?
COLUMNAR EPITHELIAL CELLS ARE FOUND IN THE ESOPHAGUS. THEY HELP IN THE PERISTALSIS MOVEMENT OF THE OESOPHAGUS TO MOVE THE FOOD THROUGH IT TO THE STOMACH. COLUMNAR EPITHELIAL CELLS ARE FOUND IN THE ESOPHAGUS. THEY HELP IN THE PERISTALSIS MOVEMENT OF THE OESOPHAGUS TO MOVE THE FOOD THROUGH IT TO THE STOMACH.
Where are two other places that the food can go down?
muscles lining the esophagus move in a wavelike motion, oushing the food through the esophagus and into the stomach
What Does peristalsis have to do with the esophagus?
Smooth muscles in the wall of an esophagus move food downward with a squeezing action. These waves of muscle contractions move food through the entire digestive tract. This process is called peristalsis.
What mixes with food and helps it to move through the esophagus?
muscular contractions
What tastes food and moves it around in the mouth to be broken down by the teeth and saliva?
Food moves from the mouth to the stomach through the esophagus. A combination of gravity and small muscles in the esophagus causes the food to move.
What process involves muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus molecules?
Different types of muscle contractions
What role do salivary glands play in digesting the food that you eat?
The Salivary Glands make saliva which moistens the food and helps the food to move through the Esophagus easily.
What is a jack hammer esophagus?
A Jackhammer esophogas is where the person's Esophagus has High Contractions, like a Jackhammer pounding in to concrete. The person has difficulty swallowing and pushing food through the Esophagus because the Esophagus is so contracted it doe not move the food effectively through the Esophagus into the Stomach as a Normal Esophagus would. It is Rare, affecting Women more than Men, with age of onset in the early 50's. It is a Motility Disorder, not a Swallowing Disorder per se.
