Diagram Of The Esophagus. Watson anatomy of the esophagus overview the esophagus is a muscular tube extending from the pharynx to the stomach and bordered by two sphincters. Cg image labeling the esophagus stomach and small intestines inside a mans abdomen with other internal organs faded out on a white background.
When the esophagus is not in use these sphincters close so that food and stomach acid do not flow back up the esophagus from the stomach to the mouth. The esophagus is muscular pink in color and approximately 8 inches long. Diagram of esophagus and stomach.
The esophagus runs behind.
Nutcracker esophagus is one of several motility disorders of the esophagus including achalasia and diffuse esophageal spasm. It consists of the mouth esophagus stomach small intestine large intestine and rectum. During normal breathing the airway is open and air passes freely through the nasal cavities or oral cavity pharynx larynx and trachea. Both iː ˈ s ɒ f ə ɡ ə s ɪ informally known as the food pipe or gullet is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes aided by peristaltic contractions from the pharynx to the stomachthe esophagus is a fibromuscular tube about 25 cm 10 in long in adults that travels behind the trachea and.