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Directions: WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES! Choose the level that you feel you can successfully complete, but be brave and choose the level that challenges you!
Level#1: Use the information below to answer questions about the role that the esophagus plays in connecting the mouth to the stomach.
The esophagus is a food tube made of muscle. It squeezes together and pushes the food down towards the stomach. It connects the mouth to the stomach.
1. What is the esophagus and what is it made of?
2. What does the esophagus do when you swallow food?
3. What does the esophagus connect?
Level#2: Use the information below to answer questions about the role that the esophagus plays in connecting the mouth to the stomach.
The esophagus is a food tube made of muscle. Muscles in the esophagus squeeze together, involuntarily, to push the food down towards the stomach. It connects the mouth to the stomach.
1. What is the esophagus and what is it made of?
2. How does the esophagus do its job and what job does it do?
3. When the esophagus does its job of pushing the food towards the stomach what type of muscle action is involved?
Level#3: Use the information below to answer questions about the role that the esophagus plays in connecting the mouth to the stomach.
The esophagus is a food tube made of muscle. Muscles in the esophagus squeeze together, involuntarily, to push the food down towards the stomach. It connects the mouth to the stomach. There is a flap of tissue called the epiglottis between these two opening. The epiglottis closes when you swallow. This keeps food from going down the windpipe and prevents you from choking.
1. What is the esophagus and what is it made of?
2. When the esophagus does its job of pushing the food towards the stomach what type of muscle action is involved?
3. What does the epiglottis do when we swallow?
4. What important job does the epiglottis do?
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1. What is the esophagus and what is it made of?
2. When the esophagus does its job of pushing the food towards the stomach what type of muscle action is involved?
3. What does the epiglottis do when we swallow?
4. What important job does the epiglottis do?
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