Why can’t we swallow rapidly?

Question

I can only swallow at a rate of like once every two seconds at the fastest… Why?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Well, aside from the functional design mechanics involved in swallowing which add up to the amount of time it takes to swallow, your body has to deal with the food in its normal way which is to move it down the esophageal tract with [peristalsis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peristalsis)

Your tongue muscle’s attachment point is to the bone in your throat, the hyoid bone sitting over your windpipe/voicebox.