What happens to allow food to go from the mouth to the esophagus and then the stomach?
In: Biology
Fancy medical word for it is “peristalsis”, and it’s basically your esophagus flexing the muscle it’s made of in a wave like motion to move food from the mouth to the stomach. It’s the same method used in your small and large intestines as well.
[Heres a video explaining it in just over a minute](https://youtu.be/VwiGXtNnh1E)
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