Assertion: pharynx | /r/CapableOf | serve to absorb liquified food
Facets:
value: via the oesophagus
type: MANNER
value: partially
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The throat itself is very muscular, serving to absorb the partially liquified food and to pump it, via the oesophagus, which forms the rear part of the front intestine, into the central intestine.