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Esophagus

- allows lump of food (at this point, called a bolus) to travel from mouth to stomach; gravity helps to push along food + peristalsis
      - muscular, wavelike motions
- sphincter (cardiac)
      - circular muscle
      - prevents the stomachs contents from creeping back up into the esophagus as the stomach contracts

 

Disorders Related to Esophagus

1. Heartburn
2. Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD)

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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