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How do smooth muscles and sphincters keep food moving in one direction throughout the digestive system?
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∙ 11y ago
by peristalsis which is the rhythmic, involuntary contraction of the smooth muscles in the walls of digestive organs.
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The two muscles which contract to seal off food while it is churning in the stomach during the digestive process are called?
Pyloric and cardiac sphincters .
What muscles keep digestive tract contents from leaking backwards?
There are two sphincters, one at the end of the esophagus / top of the stomach, and the second at the bottom of the stomach / beginning of the small intestines, which keep digestive contents moving downward through the beginning of the digestive tract.
The muscles that are found at openings of the body are collectively called?
Sphincters (circular muscles)
What Is the circular muscle that acts as a valve opening and closing to allow the gastric contents to move throughout the GI tract.?
Circular muscles are called sphincters, there are many different sphincter muscles in the human body.
What are ring of muscles?
Proper rings are only formed by smooth mucle and are called sphincters. NB not all sphoncters are proper ring.
What are the muscles that are found at openings of the body collectively called?
Sphincters
What are the muscles found at the openings of the body collectively called?
Sphincters
Muscles that encircle tubes and act as valves are called?
sphincters
What is perisatalsis?
Peristalsis is the contraction of smooth muscles that cause food to move throughout the digestive tract.
Muscles that encircle tubes and act as circular valves are called?
sphincters
What is Guards entrances and exits of digestive system mean?
If you're referring to sphincters "guarding" entrances and exits, it means that these specific muscles close the structure to prevent backflow of body fluid. Ex: there is a sphincter between the esophagus and the stomach that "guards" the entrance to prevent the very acidic gastric juice from entering the esophagus and damaging the lining. The muscles around the eye and mouth can also be considered sphincters.
What muscle does the digestive tract use when digesting food?
It is 'lined' by many muscles at many points, including circular muscles, longitudinal muscles etc. No single muscle, or single type of muscle, lines it.
