What do you know about oesophagus?
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Answer:
it is a muscular organ which connects food pipe to stomach and it is of 8 inches.
Some points related to Oesophagus are as follows-
• Length of the oesophagus is depend on the length of the neck of the animal.
• Digestive glands are absent in this.
• HCL inactivates the salivary amylase in the stomach.
• Even after not having digestive glands starch continuous to digest till the last of oesophagus.
• Peristalsis movement is seen which means forward movement of the food by contraction and relaxation to the next part.
• Longest oesophagus pipe is found in the giraffe because it depends on the length of the neck.
• Gastro oesophageal sphincter is present which help in regulation of the oesophagus into the stomach.
• It is also known as wind pipe.