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When the food has been swallowedit passes to?
After food has been swallowed, it passes from the pharynx to the esophagus. The esophagus carries the food to the stomach.
What name is given to the food as it passes through these different organs and structures?
Swallowed.
When food is swallowed it goes down the?
Esophagus
Which part of the body food passes down to the stomach?
The oesophagus is the tube that takes swallowed food from the mouth to the stomach.
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 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 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.
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
What is the digestive function of the mouth?
The mouth plays the first part in digestion. While the teeth chew the food to enable it to be swallowed, enzymes in the saliva begin breaking the food down.
What happens to food after it enters the body?
ANSWER:Mouth --> Pharynx --> Esophagus --> Stomach --> Small intestine --> Large intestine Along the way food passes through accessory digestive organs such as the liver, gallbladder, etc.The small intestine absorbs nutrients, the main function of the large intestine is to absorb water. The large intestine also contains bacteria, called intestinal flora, to digest undigested food.
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.
