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Food is moved through the pharynx and then enters the esophagus. This is the muscular tube that connects the throat to the stomach. Your esophagus is about 10 inches long, and it acts only as a passageway for food and drink. The esophagus passes behind the airway to the lungs and in front of the spinal column. It pierces the diaphragm before reaching the stomach. Food moves through your esophagus by a wavelike series of muscular contractions called peristalsis.
The Oesophagus. When the food is swallowed it moves from the back of the mouth into the first part of the digestive system, a tube called the oesophagus. The oesophagus moves the food through the chest region of the body which is called the thorax. Solid food passes through the oesophagus to the stomach in 5 seconds.n the digestive system, the useful food is taken into the body. To take out the useful parts of the food, the digestive system breaks the food down into small pieces. This process is called digestion. The parts of the food which are not useful just pass through the body.