PATHOLOGY MCQ
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Question
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Your ____ moves food from your mouth to your stomach.
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large intestine
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small intestine
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colon
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esophagus
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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. Muscles of your stomach mix the food with these digestive juices.
Detailed explanation-2: -Peristalsis is a series of wave-like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract. It starts in the esophagus where strong wave-like motions of the smooth muscle move balls of swallowed food to the stomach.
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