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What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food of your throat down to your stomach?
Esophagus
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What is the function of the esopagus?
The esophagus functions as a tube that connects the throat (pharynx) to the stomach. Its main function is to transport food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach through rhythmic contractions called peristalsis.
When you swallow where does the food pass through?
After the break down of food by the stomach and the mouth. Majority of food is absorbed in the small intestines after the stomach. While the large intestines do absorb nutrients its main function is the reabsorption of water before defection. Some molecules can be directly absorbed into the bloodstream in the stomach by their composition and the amount of blood supply to the stomach itself for example alcohol.
How does water get down your throat?
When you swallow, the back of your tongue pushes the food or liquid into your throat. This triggers a reflex that closes off your windpipe and opens the tube that leads to your stomach, allowing the water to pass down your throat through contractions of the esophagus muscles.
Acid breaks down food were?
Acid breaks down the food in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme that breaks down the proteins from the food, in the stomach. Highly acidic pH helps to break down the food.
How does a human esophagus work?
The esophagus is made up of smooth muscle tissue. To swallow food down to the stomach, the tissue that is above the food in the esophagus contracts while the tissue below it loosens, allowing food to slide down. This is all involuntary.Biology/Chemistry Major
What is the name of the pipe that shifts food from the back of your throat down to your stomach?
The esopahagus is the pipe that moves food from your throat to your stomach. No digestion occurs in the esopagus, only transport.
What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food back of your throat down to your stomach?
The esopahagus is the pipe that moves food from your throat to your stomach. No digestion occurs in the esopagus, only transport.
What is the name of long pipe that shifts food from back to your throat down to your stomach?
The esopahagus is the pipe that moves food from your throat to your stomach. No digestion occurs in the esopagus, only transport.
What is the name of the long pipe the shifts food from the back of your throat down to your stomach?
The esopahagus is the pipe that moves food from your throat to your stomach. No digestion occurs in the esopagus, only transport.
What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food from the back of your throat to the stomach?
The esopahagus is the pipe that moves food from your throat to your stomach. No digestion occurs in the esopagus, only transport.
What is the esophagas job?
It is a muscular tube that pushes food down from the throat to the stomach
How does the food move down the esophagus?
The food moves in the food pipe because muscles push it down into the stomach.
How does food get to your stomach?
idk.do you?yes i do, the small intestineYou eat it first, of course! Once you eat and chew your food in your mouth, the food travels down your esophagus into your stomach.
What is the name of the long pipe that shift food from the back of your throat down your stomach?
your tounge i does believe
What is a muscular tube that squeezes food down to the stomach?
The esophagus is a tube made of smooth muscle. It carries food from throat to stomach. The muscular movements of peristalsis moves the food downward, as well as by gravity. However, you can be upside down and food will still get to the stomach.
What part of the throat acts like a gateway sending air into the lungs and food down into the stomach?
Epiglottis
Does the dead body can accept food?
since the body is DEAD the answer would be no, because the body shut down. meaning it doesn't need water or food. if you shoved food down it's throat it would just sit in the stomach, or really the throat
