It is a muscular tube that takes food and water From the mouth to the stomach.
The Esophacus' job....
The Esophacus is a strong muscular tube that pushes the food down into the stomach. Then the stomach uses its acid to make the food into a soupy mixture than passes it on to the small intestine. Furthermore, it continues to the large intestine and well then after a few hours/days it.......
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helps food get to your stomach. No thats not the exact way...The esophagus takes the food in after you chew it (mastication) and helps transport it by the process called
paristalsis which sqeezes the food down your esophagus. Smooth muscle helps this process.