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The 18 pages that link to Esophagus, each with the reason it gives.

• PharynxRelated: The pharynx passes swallowed material into the esophagus.

• StomachRelated: It delivers food through the stomach’s entry point, the lower esophageal sphincter.

• TracheaRelated: It lies behind the trachea, whose open cartilage rings accommodate esophageal expansion.

• Cheek pouchRelated: Stored food leaves the pouch to be swallowed through this passage.

• BelchingRelated: Belched gas passes upward through this passage.

• Black swallowerRelated: A distensible passage helps convey prey that is exceptionally large relative to the fish.