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What is the name of the wave like constraction that propel food along the gut?
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∙ 6y ago
Peristalsis is the process by which smooth muscle moves a mass of food (called the food bolus) through the digestive system.
There is circular smooth muscle and longitudinal smooth muscle in the digestive tract. Contraction of circluar smooth muscle keeps the food bolus from moving "backward" along the digestive tract by decreasing the diameter of the tract behind the bolus. Contraction of the longitudinal muscle in the digestive tract propels the food bolus "forward" in the digestive tract.
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