Encyclopedia > Swallowing

Article Content

Swallowing

Swallowing is the reflex in the human body that makes something pass from the mouth, through the esophagus, and to the stomach. If this fails and the object goes through the trachea, then choking occurs.

See : dysphagia

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Class Warfare

... Barsamian[?]. It was first published in the UK by Pluto Press[?] in 1996. The contents runs as follows: Introduction Looking Ahead: Tenth Anniversary Interview ...