Where do objects get stuck in the GI tract?
Objects typically become lodged at the three narrowest points of the esophagus: the thoracic inlet (the entrance to the rib cage at the bottom of the neck), at the middle part of the esophagus where the trachea splits into two bronchi (the carina), and at the junction between the esophagus and the stomach. Most objects that pass into the stomach will make it through the rest of the gastrointestinal tract to be passed in the stools.
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