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Standard VII
Biology
Ingestion
When you swal...
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When you swallow food where does it go first?
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Ingestion:
It is the consumption of food through the mouth that involves chewing and swallowing.
When we swallow food it first reaches down to our esophagus crossing the pharynx.
The food is then pushed down to the stomach from the esophagus.
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