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Your esophagus is a hollow, muscular tube that carries food and liquid from your throat to your stomach. Muscles in your esophagus propel food down to your stomach.
Esophagitis (uh-sof-uh-JIE-tis) is inflammation of the esophagus. The esophagus is the muscular tube that delivers food from your mouth to your stomach. Esophagitis can cause painful, difficult swallowing and chest pain. Many different things can cause esophagitis.
The esophagus is a long, hollow tube that runs from the throat to the stomach. The esophagus helps move swallowed food from the back of the throat to the stomach to be digested. Esophageal cancer usually begins in the cells that line the inside of the esophagus.
The esophagus (oesophagus) is a 25 cm long fibromuscular tube extending from the pharynx (C6 level) to the stomach (T11 level). It consists of muscles that run both longitudinally and circularly, entering into the abdominal cavity via the right crus of the diaphragm at the level of the tenth thoracic vertebrae.
The esophagus is a fibromuscular tube, about 25 cm (10 in) long in adults, that travels behind the trachea and heart, passes through the diaphragm, and empties into the uppermost region of the stomach. During swallowing, the epiglottis tilts backwards to prevent food from going down the larynx and lungs.
Esophagus problems include GERD (reflux), cancer, esophagitis, and spasms. Learn about symptoms and treatments. You esophagus is the tube that carries food and liquids from your mouth to your stomach.
The esophagus is an organ that connects the back of the throat (or pharynx) with the stomach. It is the muscular channel that delivers food, liquids, and saliva to the rest of the digestive system. The esophagus runs down the neck, through the thorax (chest cavity), before entering the abdominal cavity, which contains the stomach.
Your esophagus — or the food pipe — is the part of the digestive system that helps food travel from your mouth to your stomach. Different diseases can affect the esophagus, causing dysphagia or difficulty swallowing. The most common esophageal disorder is gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD).
The esophagus is the hollow tube that leads from the throat (pharynx) to the stomach. Food does not just fall through the esophagus into the stomach. The walls of the esophagus propel food to the stomach by rhythmic waves of muscular contractions called peristalsis.
The esophagus is a muscular tube that carries food and liquids from the throat to the stomach. The esophagus runs through the middle of the chest cavity and has two circular muscles called sphincters that open and close the ends. The primary function of the esophagus is to transport food from your throat to your stomach.