Esophageal
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Esophageal can refer to:
- The esophagusEsophagusThe esophagus is an organ in vertebrates which consists of a muscular tube through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach. During swallowing, food passes from the mouth through the pharynx into the esophagus and travels via peristalsis to the stomach...
- Esophageal arteriesEsophageal arteriesThe esophageal arteries four or five in number, arise from the front of the aorta, and pass obliquely downward to the esophagus, forming a chain of anastomoses along that tube, anastomosing with the esophageal branches of the inferior thyroid arteries above, and with ascending branches from the...
- Esophageal glandsEsophageal glandsThe esophageal glands are small compound racemose exocrine glands of the mucous type.They are lodged in the submucous tissue, and each opens upon the surface by a long excretory duct....