The esophagus is surrounded by muscles that help food to move from the mouth to the stomach.    From LearnThat.org. 

The esophagus is narrow and suited to small, soft balls of thoroughly chewed food.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anti-Deer-Hunting Billboard Goes Up in Kansas City] Reference

The esophagus is the tube that carries food and liquid from the mouth to the stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Esophageal Dilatation] Reference

The esophagus is the long tube that connects the throat and stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Article Source] Reference

The esophagus is the tube that food travels through to reach the stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [WebMD Health] Reference

Cancer of the esophagus is a more prevalent disease than is commonly thought.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

Barrett's esophagus occurs when chronic heartburn damages the lining of the esophagus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

The esophagus is the tube connecting the mouth to the stomach and is sensitive to radiation.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The esophagus is a hollow tube that carries food and liquids from your throat to your stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Weather - Lexington, KY] Reference

The esophagus is the section of digestive tract that moves food from the throat down to the stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biosingularity] Reference

Barrett's esophagus which is a type of pre-cancerous condition of the lower esophagus.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

One of your citizens has asked me a question about the "esophagus," and I wish to answer him through you.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Double-Barreled Detective Story] Reference

We've seen inflammation in the stomach and esophagus.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Not Getting Better'] Reference

A throat specialist said: diet soda or your esophagus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Losing] Reference

Back part of the head or skull. oesophagus (esophagus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

You can't get words out well with the elbow in your esophagus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Take Out] Reference

GERD is serious and can inflame or erode the lining of the esophagus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Overprescribed and overpriced: Just say ‘no’ to Nexium] Reference

My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Hitchens On Cancer: Hair Loss, 'Chemo-Poison,' & The 'Alien' Inside Him] Reference

  Button cell batteries can eat through the esophagus or stomach wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [A new look at yo-yo balls] Reference

Find the esophagus where it penetrates the diaphragm and joins the stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference

I've already brought his stomach up into his chest to replace the esophagus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good Doctors Spot Mistakes, Save Lives] Reference

They all work in a few minutes by neutralizing the acidity in the esophagus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tip of the day: Soothe holiday heartburn] Reference

She'd mix habanera sauce and lemonade and drink it until her esophagus spasmed.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Alone] Reference

Bile splashes up into my esophagus, fizzing like tiny hot sparks within my throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Is Me American Style] Reference

Bone gets stuck in esophagus, the tube that food travels through to reach the stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Knick-knack, paddywhack, don't give your dog a bone] Reference

Just back of the pharynx is the esophagus which leads to the beginning of the stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference

This is a serious condition that can cause damage to your esophagus, if left untreated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hold the heartburn on Thanksgiving] Reference

Something rises from my esophagus, something dark that's been sitting there a long time.    From Wordnik.com.  [ando] Reference

PPIs are designed to ease symptoms and help heal any soreness or inflammation in the esophagus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Could heartburn drugs cause "rebound" symptoms?] Reference

After an hour of poking and probing her esophagus, I thought I'd found the root of the problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Norm Bladdon, Private G.I.] Reference

It is introduced into the esophagus or larynx to remove foreign bodies or introduce medication. pudic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

He writes that his cancer, diagnosed in June, has spread from the esophagus to his lung and lymph node.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quoted: Christopher Hitchens on life in the "land of the sick"] Reference

Peppermint reduces the pressure of the esophageal muscle, which separates the esophagus from the stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eight Ways to Fight Food Hangovers] Reference

A sac is formed from the wall of the esophagus, and this enlarges and divides to form the two simple lungs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference

And its original base of operations was located -- had been located for quite some time -- in my esophagus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Hitchens On Cancer: Hair Loss, 'Chemo-Poison,' & The 'Alien' Inside Him] Reference