Digestive system - oesophagus, Biology

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OESOPHAGUS -

Gullet opens in oesophagus. First organ of alimentary canal.
After piercing diaphragm, it form stomach in abdominal cavity.
No digestion in it. Food moves by peristalasis.
It is a long tube 25 cm. long. Longest in giraffe.

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