Margaret Cuomo

Learning that whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables can help prevent many cancers, including cancers of the prostate, breast, mouth, throat, esophagus, lung, colon, kidney, pancreas, thyroid, gallbladder, and probably other cancer types is a powerful lesson that can have a significant impact on children's lives.

American Celebrity

Mary Roach

It seems odd to think of tasting without any perceptive experience, but you are doing it right now. Humans have taste receptor cells in the gut, the voice box, the upper esophagus. But only the tongue's receptors report to the brain.

American Author

Alexei Sayle

I'm sure a psychologist would see something highly significant in how absent-minded I am. I mean I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to my neck by muscles, ligaments and my esophagus.

British Comedian

Christopher Hitchens

My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus. He was 79. I am 61. In whatever kind of a 'race' life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist.

Chuck Pagano

When you get chemo, some people get a lot of sores in their mouth and even their esophagus, so they chew on ice; thank God that didn't happen with me.

American Coach

Belongs to human anatomy vocabulary; important for discussing health issues.

Human Anatomy

Often used in medical or healthcare settings; less common in everyday conversation.

Medical Context

Can be associated with various diseases, making it a serious term when used.

Disease Association

 I learned of one woman with scleroderma, an autoimmune connective tissue disease, who was told for years that it was all in her head. Between the time of onset and diagnosis, her esophagus was so thoroughly damaged, she will never be able to eat again. Another woman with ovarian cancer,

What happens when you...

 Digestion actually starts in the mouth. Chewing breaks the food down into smaller particles. As you eat, your food mixes with saliva, which moistens the food, and has enzymes that start to break down those starches and fats. Contractions in your esophagus push the food to your stomach,

Why you shouldn't worry...

 a wild stag stampeded along the path and ran straight into me. Its antler penetrated my trachea and my esophagus and stopped at my spinal cord and fractured my neck. My best friend found me lying on the floor, gurgling for help through a hole in my neck.

The press trampled on my...

 The sensation of fullness is set in motion as food moves from your mouth down your esophagus. Once it hits your stomach, it gradually fills the space. That causes the surrounding muscular wall to stretch, expanding slowly like a balloon.

How does your body know...

 Barrett’s esophagus, which can elevate the risk of esophageal cancer. Luckily, heartburn is often treatable with a range of medicines that can help neutralize or reduce stomach acid. In extreme cases, some people have surgery

What causes heartburn? -...

 Food enters the system through the mouth then moves into the esophagus the stomach and the intestines Nutrients are absorbed into the body while solid waste is expelled through the anal canal the end of the digestive tract

Human Body 101 PIPE...

 which makes them sluggish, causing constipation as passage through the tract slows down. Loosened muscles at the top of the stomach might allow acid to escape into the esophagus and throat, causing heartburn and reflux.

The surprising effects...

 like the leatherback turtle and ocean sunfish. These predators both have adaptations that prevents slippery jellyfish from escaping after they are backwards pointing spines in the turtle's mouth and esophagus

How does a jellyfish...

 to turn food into a moist lump called the bolus. Enzymes present in the saliva break down any starch. Then, your food finds itself at the rim of a 25-centimeter-long tube called the esophagus,

How your digestive...

 It's pretty crazy that the blue whale's heart is as big as a small car, a child could crawl through its arteries, its tongue weighs as much as an elephant, but its esophagus is so small,

Esophagus

The tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach.

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