HISTOLOGY
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Question
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What pushes food from the mouth to the stomach?
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Stomach
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Gall bladder
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Esophagus
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -After you swallow, peristalsis pushes the food down your esophagus into 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.
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