esophagus Flashcards by Komalpreet Purewal

Q

esophagus

A

food pipe

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Q

peristalsis

A

force/ contractions that push bolus into the stomach like squeezing a marble out of a rubber tube

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Q

bolus

A

lump or mass of food

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