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The tongue is the muscle that forces food into the pharynx. When you chew and then swallow, it is the back of your tongue that forces the food back and down your throat.
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What forces food back into into pharynx?
The tongue is the muscle that forces food into the pharynx. When you chew and then swallow, it is the back of your tongue that forces the food back and down your throat.
Forces food back into pharynx?
This would be accomplished by the regurgitative process known as vomiting.
Forces food into the pharynx?
Tongue
What forces food back into the pharynx so that it can glide easily down the esophagus?
Your tongue.
What structure carries both food and air?
The pharynx is the back of the throat (divided loosely into nasopharynx and oropharynx) which allows food to enter the oesophagus and air to enter the thrachea.
What forces food into the pharynx?
It is initiated by the voluntary phase of swallowing (deglutition). This is where the food is squeezed or rolled into the pharynx by pressure of the tongue upward and backward against the palate
Why is it correct to say that the air and food passages cross in the pharynx?
Air must pass from the back to the front of the pharynx to enter the trachea and food must pass from the front to the back of the esophagus
Which organs muscles move food back into the pharynx?
The tongue pushes food to the back of the mouth.
What forces air into the trachea?
pharynx
Which structure helps move food to the pharynx?
The pharynx is the area immediately behind the mouth and nasal cavity before the oesophagus. The tongue is used to push the food towards the back of the throat to initiate the swallowing reflex. Swallowing reflex is initiated by touch receptors in the pharynx as a bolus of food is pushed to the back of the mouth by the tongue. Tongue
What organ has muscles that move food back into the pharynx?
The tongue. From Ellen. Watch the show!
What forces food into pharynx so that it can glide easily down esophagus?
A number of things are involved in moving food into the pharynx so goes down into the esophagus. The tube is lubricated with mucus, the tongue helps push the food further and the smooth muscle lining the tract also pushes the food down.
