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What is the involuntary muscle contraction that moves food through digestive system?
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∙ 11y ago
Yes, involantary muscles move food through the intestinal tract.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoBecause they perform actions automatically and require no thought process on your part.
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∙ 13y agoThe action you are referring to is called peristalsis.
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∙ 8y agoSmooth muscles in the gastrointestinal tract move food through the digestive system. This involuntary muscle is found in the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
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∙ 14y agoSmooth
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∙ 11y agoPeristalsis
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What is the involuntary muscle contraction that moves through the digestive system?
Peristalsis
The type of involuntary muscle that moves food through the digestive tract is called?
smooth muscle
Muscle tissue is involuntary and is heavily infused with mitochondria?
Muscle tissue can be both voluntary and involuntary, with involuntary muscle tissue found in organs like the heart and digestive system. The high presence of mitochondria in muscle tissue is necessary to provide the energy required for muscle contraction and movement.
Involuntary muscle contractions that move the food through the digestive system?
peristalsis
What pushes food through the digestive food?
The peristalsis which is a wavelike muscle contraction
Do skeletal muscles have involuntary muscle?
The skeletal muscles do have the involuntary muscle because they help it in the contraction process.
What is The contraction of muscles for no obvious purpose called?
An involuntary muscle contraction is called a spasm.
What is a muscle twitch?
A muscle twitch is an involuntary contraction of a muscle group without conscious effort.
What is the sudden involuntary contraction of a diaphragm muscle?
It is called a Tracheospasm
What does the medical terminology combining form -spasm mean?
-spasm means involuntary muscle contraction, so blepharospasm, for instance, is involuntary contraction of the eyelid.
What is a sudden painful involuntary contraction of a muscle called?
A spasm.sedimentarySpasm
Where can you find the involuntary muscle?
Involuntary muscle is muscle that contracts on its own. You do not have to think about contracting it. You find this type of muscle in hollow organs such as the digestive tract. You also find a type of involuntary muscle in the heart.
