NUTRITION
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
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Question
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Which organ pushes food down to the stomach?
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Mouth
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Esophagus
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Rectum
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Large intestine
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Esophagus. After you swallow, peristalsis pushes the food down your esophagus into your stomach.
Detailed explanation-2: -Once inside your esophagus, waves of muscular contractions (peristalsis) push the food downward. The food passes through your diaphragm and reaches your lower esophagus. At the opening of your lower esophagus, there’s another ring-shaped muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES).
Detailed explanation-3: -Also called the throat, the pharynx is the portion of the digestive tract that receives the food from your mouth. Branching off the pharynx is the esophagus, which carries food to the stomach, and the trachea or windpipe, which carries air to the lungs.
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