What is the food pipe called?
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The food pipe is called the esophagus. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as a muscular tube about 25 cm long.
Summary
The food pipe is called the esophagus. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as a muscular tube about 25 cm long.
What it is
- A muscular tube about 25 cm long.
- Carries food from the throat down to the stomach.
- Its walls squeeze food along by peristalsis.
Where it is
- Runs down the middle of the chest, behind the trachea.
- Passes through the diaphragm.
- Joins the stomach at the cardiac opening.
Sources
According to Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918, public domain):
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