From 1787 until 1913, the U.S. Constitution specified that state legislatures would elect U.S. senators. Article 1, Section 3, reads: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.he Seventeenth Amendment, which was ratified in 1913, provided for the direct election of U.S. senators by citizens.
The physical breakdown of food is a physiological process known as digestion. To benefit your body, the foods you eat must be broken down so the nutrients they contain can move from your gut through the cells of your intestines and into your bloodstream.
WHERE SWALLOWING BREAKS DOWN. To understand how things can go wrong with swallowing, let s look briefly at normal swallowing. Swallowing is a process a set of steps that takes food (or liquid or pills) from mouth to stomach. 1. CHEWING (which, of course, does not apply to liquids). The tongue, lips, cheeks, jaw, and teeth work together to reduce food to a pasty ball. Saliva plays a key role. It glues together the ground-up food, gathering up flaky bits so they don t tickle your throat or get sucked into your lungs.