Sunday, July 4, 2010

Gullet A.K.A the Oesophagus


*Digestion DOES NOT occur here.

Here, the muscles contract and relax, a process called constalsis, to to produce a wave-like movement that causes the bolus to go down into the stomach.

There is not much to say about the gullet but the bolus is able to go down the gullet at 2 inches per second and an average adult's gullet is about 30cm.

there is nothing much to say about the oesophagus and yes thats about it.

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