Food passes from the mouth to the oropharynx (back of the throat)
to the esophagus.
Review Date: 02/28/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Seth Schwartz, MD, MPH, Otolaryngologist,
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed
by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
