From this point on swallowing is an entirely reflexive action (1,3). Pharyngeal phase. The third phase in the swallowing process is the pharyngeal phase. When the swallowing reflex is triggered, the pharyngeal phase starts. This phase is the most complex phase of swallowing, because it involves many events which occur in a rapid sequence.
Forgotten River. The Forgotten River is a river of northern Fiordland, New Zealand. A tributary of the Olivine River, it rises west of the Olivine Ice Plateau in the Five Finger Range and flows south-westward to join that river south of Four Brothers Pass. The river was explored in 1864 by Alphonse Barrington, James Farrell and Antoine Simonin. See also
The Mon (as most folks in our area call it) is the local favorite, the best nearby example of a north-flowing river. The Mon flows from West Virginia through Morgantown, crosses the Mason-Dixon line and continues northward to Pittsburgh, where it joins the Allegheny to become the Ohio River.o many Americans. . . , north is the wrong way for a river to flow, which leads to geographic confusion.. -- Angus Phillips, Simple Gifts of the Shenandoah, National Geographic, December 1996. From time to time, the library gets questions about rivers that flow north.