1. Mouth: As you chew and swallow, your tongue pushes food into your throat. 2. Esophagus: Food travels down a hollow tube called the esophagus. At the bottom, your esophageal sphincter relaxes to let food pass to your stomach. 3. Stomach: Your stomach creates digestive juices and breaks...
throat, andlarynx(the upper respiratory tract) to the two large airways that branch off into each lung (bronchi). An important function of the trachea is warming and moisturizing the air, as well as catching debris and microbes before they can enter the lungs.1 ...
esophagus, and mediastinum. If they become swollen it can be due to Hodgkin’s lymphoma, lung infection or cancer, or gastrointestinal cancer. The left lymph nodes drain your abdomen and chest, also referred to as your thorax. If they become swollen...