The Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention; these delegates in turn directly elect the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.or the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands; and Democrats Abroad, fixed numbers of pledged delegates are allocated. Each state and U.S territory will also be awarded bonus pledged delegates based on whether they schedule their primary or caucus later in the primary season.
Occasionally, a person may choke when food gets past the epiglottis or sticks to a structure within the pharynx and blocks the airway. The vocal folds contract to catch the blockage before it passes into the trachea. Coughing pushes air out of the lungs to force the blockage out of the airway. Sounds are produced in the larynx by the movement of air through the larynx and by the vocal folds, a pair of movable folds in the mucous membrane.
PERISTALSIS: the rhythmic muscular contractions that push digested food in one direction through the gastrointestinal tract see book page 184, fig. 4 The bolus is swallowed and travels down the esophagus into the stomach. It moves down the esophagus by peristalsis. B. STOMACH: physical and chemical digestion The bolus passes through the CARDIAC SPHINCTER, the top opening in the stomach. Sphincter: a muscle that controls the opening i) cardiac: esophagus & stomach ii) pyloric: stomach and duodenum