NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

HISTOLOGY

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If a person has no gullet, food cannot be transported to the small intestine.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The oesophagus is a muscular tube. It connects your mouth to your stomach. When you swallow food, the walls of the oesophagus squeeze together (contract). This moves the food down the oesophagus to the stomach.

Detailed explanation-2: -A damaged vagus nerve can’t send signals normally to your stomach muscles. This may cause food to remain in your stomach longer, rather than move into your small intestine to be digested. The vagus nerve and its branches can be damaged by diseases, such as diabetes, or by surgery to the stomach or small intestine.

Detailed explanation-3: -The muscular contractions and relaxations of the gullet help to push the food down. No digestion takes place in the gullet as there are no digestive juices produced in the gullet.

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