After chewing food, you consciously decide to push the bolus to the back of your mouth into your pharynx with your tongue. What is this voluntary phase of swallowing called?
A) ingestion
B) buccal phase of deglutition
C) mastication
D) pharyngeal-esophageal phase of deglutition
E) segmentation
B
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A. active transport B. osmosis C. endocytosis D. facilitated diffusion E. diffusion
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A. extensor pollicis longus B. extensor digiti minimi C. extensor carpi ulnaris D. extensor carpi radialis longus E. extensor indicis