LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 26, Problem 5WYL
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To determine:

The ways by which pharyngeal constrictors move the swallowed particles to the esophagus.

Introduction:

A collapsible muscular tube that serves as a passageway between pharynx and stomach is referred to as esophagus.

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