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How would we be able to eat food upside down? What muscle/organ is responsible for this​

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Peristalsis (the contraction and relaxation of muscles) pushes the food down the esophagus, even when you’re upside-down. To keep food moving in the right direction, your digestive tract has special muscles called sphincters.
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