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It is a long tubing which allows food to be tranferred to the small intestine through peristalsis. No digestion occurs in the esophagus.
+++ The first sentence is incorrect. It is the tube from mouth to stomach, not to the intestine, but it is right that digestion does not occur within it.
Peristalsis is the series of muscle contractions that move food through the intestines.
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∙ 12y agoThe oesophagus is a muscular tube that stretches from your epiglottis to your stomach. When you swallow, the oesophagus squeezes your food into small balls called 'bolus' through the use of 'peristalsis'. This is a form of physical digestion. Peristalsis is the contracting and relaxing of muscles, and in the case of the oesophagus this muscle movement pushes the food down to your stomach, where the digestion process will continue.
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∙ 14y agothe job of the escophagus is to deliver the food to the stomach.
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∙ 13y agothe oesophagus' job in the digestive system is to bring the food that the mouth chewed down to the stomach
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∙ 13y agoThe main job of the esophagus is to bring food and drink from the oral cavity to the stomach.
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∙ 13y agoThe esophagus is 'just' a tube that gets food from the mouth to the stomach.
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∙ 12y agoit must be something........
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∙ 13y agoit connects the mouth to the stomach
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Is esophagus part of the respiratory system?
No. The esophagus is part of the digestive system. The pharynx is part of both the digestive and respiratory systems.
The esophagus is part of the?
The system that the esophagus belongs to is the Digestive System. This system is also referred to as the Alimentary Canal.
Which system includes the esophagus?
The digestive system includes the esophagus.
What system is the esophagus?
The digestive system
What organ system includes the esophagus?
The digestive system includes the esophagus.
What system do the esophagus belong?
Digestive system
What system is the frog's esophagus in?
Digestive system
Which system includes the stomach intestines and esophagus?
The mouth to the pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines and finally the anus make up the digestive system. Organs such as the liver, but also including the pancreas and gallbladder, are accessory organs that assist in the digestive process.
What body system is the esophagus from?
digestive
What system of the body does esophagus work with?
digestive system
What system does gallbladder and esophagus belong to?
The esophagus is a tube of smooth muscle that transports food from the mouth to the stomach. This makes it part of the digestive system.
What systems contains the esophagus?
its digestive system
