| 1 | Koufman says, the real culprit for many patients is pepsin, a digestive enzyme that can exist in the esophagus. | |
| 2 | It' s not something you want in the esophagus of your child. | |
| 3 | They have two spines and two esophaguses and share other organs. | |
| 4 | Nerve cells in the gut are located in the tissues lining the esophagus, stomach, small intestine and colon. | |
| 5 | The cricopharyngeal muscle, a component of the inferior constrictor, forms the muscular orifices of the esophagus. |