Digestive System/ The Oesophagus

Question 1

What is the oesophagus?

Answer 1

Food passes down into a long tube(oesophagus) to the stomach

Question 2

What is peristalsis?

What does it do?

Answer 2

Rhythmical contractions of the muscles

Propels the bolus along

Question 3

What’s the crop (bird)?

Answer 3

Birds have a special storage organ at the base of the oesophagus (crop)