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Butoxors [25]
3 years ago
6

Which muscles act to propel food down the length of the pharynx to the esophagus?

Biology
1 answer:
Ksenya-84 [330]3 years ago
4 0
Pharyngeal constrictor muscles (superior, middle and inferior)

The pharyngeal constrictor muscles are a group of muscles that form the lumen of the pharynx. After you swallow, an act that you have control, it starts a involuntary contraction by these muscles to propel  the bolus downwards.



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