This organ is a five-inch tube located behind the mouth that helps close the nasopharynx and larynx when swallowing food. This organ keeps your food out of your respiratory tract and in your digestive tract. What is it called?

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This organ is called the pharynx. The esophagus is the tube that arises from the pharynx, the organ that carries food through the diaphragm into the stomach. The trachea is not a digestive organ; it is the respiratory organ that connects the nose to the mouth and the mouth to the lungs.

This Organ Is a Five-Inch Tube Located Behind the Mouth