HISTOLOGY
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
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Question
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Chyme
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Food
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Bolus
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Peristalsis
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Detailed explanation-1: -After you chew and swallow your food, it enters your esophagus. This tube connects your throat to your stomach. A series of muscular contractions, known as peristalsis, pushes your food downward and into your stomach. There, it mixes with more digestive enzymes to continue the breakdown process.
Detailed explanation-2: -The chewing and wetting action provided by the teeth and saliva prepare the food into a mass called the bolus for swallowing. The tongue helps in swallowing-moving the bolus from the mouth into the pharynx. The pharynx opens to two passageways: the esophagus and the trachea.
Detailed explanation-3: -Esophagus. After you swallow, peristalsis pushes the food down your esophagus into your stomach. Stomach. Glands in your stomach lining make stomach acid and enzymes that break down food.