Sentences with phrase «esophagus mature»
As baby grows, the muscles of the stomach and esophagus mature, making baby better at keeping it all down.
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In infants, the small ring of muscle between the esophagus and the stomach hasn't fully matured, allowing stomach contents to enter back into the esophagus.
Ultimately, time is the best treatment for these happy spitters as the muscles of the lower esophagus strengthen and mature.
As children grow into these more mature postures, the structures in their throats begin to grow and spread apart and it becomes the main job of the epiglottis, a small flap in the back of the throat above the esophagus, to close off the airway and direct food into the esophagus.
Mayo Clinic noted that reflux in infants is so common because a baby's lower esophageal sphincter, the ring of muscle between the esophagus and stomach, is not fully mature yet, leading your infant's stomach contents to flow backward.
There's a valve between the esophagus and stomach that keeps food down, but in babies, this valve still has to mature and develop.