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GK QUESTION#3803

What is the name of the food pipe that carries food from the mouth to the stomach in the human digestive system?

  1. ATrachea
  2. BOesophagusCorrect answer
  3. CPancreas
  4. DSpleen
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B. Oesophagus

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The oesophagus is the muscular food pipe connecting the pharynx to the stomach. Peristaltic contractions move swallowed material along it.

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