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PinkMonkey Online Study Guide-Biology
b) Pharynx:
It is short but wide space which serves as a common passage for food and
air. The air passage is guarded by a movable flap called the epiglottis,
while the soft palate closes the way to the nasal passage.
c) Esophagus: It is a tube about 25 cm in
length, extending from the pharynx to the stomach. Food passes by
the peristalsis.
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Table of Contents
16.0 -
Introduction
16.1 -
Nutritional Requirements, Imbalances and Deficiency Diseases
16.2 -
Organs of Digestion and Physiology of Digestion
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