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Segmentation in the digestive tract mixes food with digestive juices and increases the rate of absorption by repeatedly moving different parts of the food mass over the intestinal wall.
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∙ 12y agoSegmentation is when the contractions of the intestinal wall move chyme in both directions to allow mixing with the secretions of the intestines.
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∙ 11y agooccur in portions of the small intestine distended by a large volume of chyme, it mixes chyme with digestive juices, and bring particles of food into contact with the mucosa for absorption.
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How is the increased complexity of the earthworm's digestive system related to segmentation?
The earthworms digestive system is increased in complexity because of the earthworm's segmentation. On each stop or segmentation there is a sphincter and its own digestion going on.
What are two mechanisms that control motility and secretion of the digestive system?
peristalsis and segmentation
What are the basics of segmentation?
There are three basics of market segmentation used to define your target market. Those three basics are location, client profiles and human factors.
What movement continually mixes the food with digestive juices?
Segmentation is a muscle action that mixes chyme with digestive juices, while Peristalsis is a muscle action that moves food through the digestive system.
Compare advanced and primitive evolutionary forms for the traits of symmetry digestive systems and segmentation?
dicks
What body system does the intestines belong to?
The body system that the colon belongs to is the digestive system. The colon is also known as the large intestine.
How does the internal structure of the earthworm show segmentation and the development of a specialized head end?
The brain, the beginning of the digestive system, and the five aortic arches are all in the head end. They are visible during a dissection.
What is the name of the regional movements that occur in the small intestine and function to brake up churn and fragment the digestive materials are called?
This type of movement is called segmentational movements.
The gullet is part of what system?
The Gullet Is Part Of The Digestive System
What digestive juices do digestive system releases?
help the digestive system
What body system contains the digestive system?
Gastro intestinal tract /systemThe digestive system.
Which systems excrete waste?
digestive system
