A pile of food propelling down a path of a wave like muscle.The saliva secreting and chemically destroying most of the food,traveling down your esophagus. Soon then to reach the stomach, but there would be no food in the stomach if it weren't for the esophagus. It is very essential to the human body, it is also the first component of the digestive system. It gives life to the organs of the body. Giving the essential proteins to each and everyone. Even though it may not transport the protein directly to the organs it has a major part in it. It has been known by “Hippocrates of Kos” that the esophagus receives the greatest amount of what we consume. Though sometimes there might even be pain. Many people can get a gastric refluxes, this happens when the esophageal sphincter does not close properly. The acid from your stomach then comes up to your esophagus. This well then cause heartburns and ulcers. Some good ways to keep your esophagus healthy are:
Quit smoking due to the increase in heart burn
Eat healthy because it will keep your esophagus clean
Don't drink as a result it can weaken your esophagus …show more content…
You overcome many obstacles in your way in addition you might even choke on some of the problems, but someone will give you the “five-and-five”. Many times it will seem like problems are in a spiraling staircase in long never ending tunnel and you are stuck in the middle. Trying your best to make it to the end. Along the way you might also want to give up, because there are so many viruses attacking you, trying to break the tunnel. There is light at the end of every tunnel, you just have to never give up and keep going. I once had a niece she had esophageal cancer, she did not know she had cancer until the late