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Question
Where do you think the food must be going after you put it in your mouth and swallow it? In the picture given here, draw the path of the food through your body. Share your picture with your friends. Do all of you have similar pictures?
Solution
I think the food from the mouth goes to the stomach.
Yes, all of us have similar pictures.
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