Arrange the steps involved in swallowing in chronological order, with the earliest step first.

A) voluntary ingestion of food
B) food enters the esophagus
C) food enters the pharynx
D) the epiglottis covers the glottis


voluntary ingestion of food, food enters the pharynx, the epiglottis covers the glottis, food enters the esophagus

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