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There are muscles that are in the throat that make the food go down.

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Why can people swallow food while standing on their heads?

Swallowing has nothing to do with gravity, you tongue literally pushes food into your throat when you swallow. Swallowing is the utilization of a muscle.


What process allows you to swallow your food while standing on your head?

You can do this through the muscular contractions that are happening in your esophagus.


What is the process called that involuntarily makes it is possible to swallow water while standing on your head and moves food from your mouth down to your stomach?

Peristalsis is the process that involuntarily makes it is possible to swallow water while standing on your head and moves food from your mouth down to your stomach. Peristalsis affects the muscles in the intestines also.


Why can't chickens swallow while upside down?

Chickens swallow differently than we do. We close our mouths and let our throats do the rest. Chickens open and close their mouths rapidly while tilting their heads up, they need gravity to do the rest.


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What helps food to travel down?

Well you food is first chewed and softened in the mouth where saliva makes it water and slippery. Then when you swallow it is moved to the stomach by muscular contractions of the gullet called peristalsis. Indeed you can swallow quite effectively even while standing on your head.


How do you swallow while giving head?

Take a quick break, swallow, and continue.


Should you spit or swallow while giving head?

guys like swallow.


How do gaint squids eat their food?

they have a hole under there heads thew they bite the prey and swallow is


Do you breathe while you drink?

while you swallow it no but when you drink it yes


How do you give heads for the first time?

No teeth. Go as fast and deep as possible. always suck. E.o.S SWALLOW