Swallow: To pass anything through the fauces, pharynx, and esophagus into the stomach; to perform deglutition. [A.S. swelgan]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Swallow: The family Hirundinidae, comprised of small BIRDS that hunt flying INSECTS while in sustained flight.
Source: MeSH 2007
Swallow (symptom): Another name for Swallowing symptoms.
»Introduction: Swallowing symptoms
»Causes of Swallowing symptoms
Swallow (symptom): Problems with the ability to swallow.
Swallow (organ): Another name for Swallowing.
Swallow (organ): The process of intaking food or liquid from mouth to stomach.
Swallow (organ): Swallowing involves taking solid or liquid food from the mouth, past the epiglottis, down the esophagus, and into the stomach. The epiglottis serves to prevent food going down to the lungs ("the wrong way") by blocking the airways during swallowing. Automatic muscular action (peristalsis) moves food along the esophagus and into the stomach, rather than gravity, which explains why we can still swallow even when upside-down or floating in zero gravity.
More information on organs: Swallowing:
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
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