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
America's Forgotten War, south of the border. (CBS News) For the people of Mexico, the Halls of Montezuma are much more than the words of a song; they represent a humiliating military defeat at the hands of the United States in 1847. Not even the 1862 victory over France that Mexico celebrates today -- Cinco de Mayo -- is enough to fully heal the wound. Mo Rocca tells the story: Every year, in a small cemetery in Mexico City, 750 unknown American soldiers who died in the Mexican-American War are remembered. That conflict marked a dark chapter in the long relations between our countries, said U.S. Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne.