Dear journal, 

Once I have finished going through physical digestion, I am swallowed. I am now called a bolus, what a name. I encounter the Pharynx at back of the throat before it splits into the trachea and the esophagus. I see my last light of day as a soft palate moves back to close of the nasopharynx. The trachea moves up under the epiglottis which covers the glottis. This forces me down the esophagus. I am going down the esophagus, and the rhythmic contraction of the esophagus pushes me into the stomach. Once through the esophagus, I approach the Cardiac Sphincter. This is the top of the stomach, which keeps food like me inside the stomach.