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What is The esophagus crosses the diaphragm at the level of: and explain in detail?
The oesophagus is a muscular tube 25 cm (10 in) long, which connects the pharynx to the stomach. It begins in the neck, level with the lower border of the cricoid cailage and the sixth cervical veebra. It descends largely anterior to the veebral column through the superior and posterior mediastina, passes through the diaphragm, level with the tenth thoracic veebra, and ends at the gastric cardiac orifice level with the eleventh thoracic veebra.