Esophagus

Broader Terms

gastrointestinal system

Facts

Esophagus represents long muscular tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
Barrett's esophagus is the abnormal growth of intestinal-type cells above this border, into the esophagus.
Barrett's esophagus is a condition in which the normal squamous epithelium of the esophagus has been replaced by an abnormal red columnar epithelium called specialized intestinal metaplasia.
The general direction of the esophagus is vertical; but it presents two slight curves in its course.
In an adult, the esophagus is about 10 inches long.

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