ECOLOGY
EXCRETORY PRODUCTS AND THEIR ELIMINATION
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esophagus
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small intestine
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stomach
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mouth
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Detailed explanation-1: -Your esophagus is a hollow, muscular tube that carries food and liquid from your throat to your stomach. Muscles in your esophagus propel food down to your stomach.
Detailed explanation-2: -The esophagus: Food travels down a muscular tube in the chest called the esophagus (ih-SAH-fuh-gus). Waves of muscle contractions called peristalsis (per-uh-STALL-sus) force food down through the esophagus to the stomach.
Detailed explanation-3: -Esophagus. After you swallow, peristalsis pushes the food down your esophagus into your stomach.
Detailed explanation-4: -Peristalsis squeezes your esophageal muscles from top to bottom. This pushes food and liquid along. If you could see peristalsis, it would look like a wave passing down your esophagus. To keep food and liquids moving in the right direction, your digestive tract has special muscles along its course called sphincters.