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When food enters the oesophagus, waves of muscular contraction and relaxation push the bolus down towards the stomach. As the muscle contracts and squeezes, the bolus moves to the area where the muscle is relaxed, which will be further down the oesophagus. The muscles further up will stay cntracted so that the bolus can't work it's way back up. Eventually, the bolus will reach the stomach.
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Which tube does food go down from?
Food goes down the esophagus.
Why does the Esophagus have saliva?
the mouth has salivary glands to help the food go down the esophagus easier
What happen in the esophagus?
Food go down food to big bag
What is around the esophagus to help the food go down?
pealestalsis
What happens to food when it goes down the esophagus?
the food is then forced down the esophagus.
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
How does help juices in deigestion?
It push your food down the esophagus when it get suck down your throat it helps go down.
What is it called when food is going down the esophagus?
The chewed up lump of food is known as a bolus.
Tube carrying food from the mouth to he stomach?
The digestive system the esophagus. Food goes from your mouth and goes down your esophagus then to the stomach blood goes around the food and the liver takes what the blood absorbed down
How is food digested in an earthworm?
It has an esophagus for the food to go down, a crop to store the food in, a gizzard that grinds the food down, intestines for the food to pass through and take out nutrients.
What goes through your esophagus?
The food that that you chew is what goes down your esophagus.
What is epiglottis and what is its purpose?
It's a "flap" that covers either the trachea or esophagus. It prevents you from choking. When you eat, it covers the trachea so food will go down the esophagus and not the windpipe (trachea). If food gets down your trachea, you will choke.
