43 OESOPHAGUS
# 44 OESOPHAGUS
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The oesophagus is a 25 cm muscular tube that conducts food from the pharynx to the stomach. It begins at the cricopharyngeus (C6) as the continuation of the laryngopharynx and ends at the cardia of the stomach (T11) after piercing the diaphragm at T10. It is