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The process is called peristalsis. It is the rhythmic contraction of smooth muscle cells in the lining walls of your gastrointestinal epithelium. It occurs when you are awake, asleep, etc. and is sped up or slowed down by your nervous and endocrine (hormones) systems. Basically, your internal organs give lots of little squeezes that makes food/what used to be food move along.
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∙ 11y agoYour body does not rely on gravity. Peristalsis is a process when food is moved through the digestive system by muscle contractions.
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How does peristalstis help your body?
Peristalsis is the contractions that push down semi-digested food in the oesophagus and even in the intestines. Peristalsis allows you to digest your food even when lying down, ie; you do not have to be upright for digestion to occur.
Process by which the body takes in and uses food?
The human body breaks down food for absorption and assimilation through the process of digestion. Both mechanical and chemical digestion is used to spread the food pieces through the human body.
What is it that moves food along through the digestive tract even when we are lying down or floating in the weightlessness of space?
Peristalsis, a series of muscle contractions in the intestines and stomach that help to push the food through your digestive tract.
What does peristalisis do?
It breaks down food and moves it through your body. muscles contract and expand
What would happen if food molecules Wern't broken down into smaller pieces?
Then the food wouldn't process through your body.
What is it called when your body goes through chemical reactions to break down the food you eat?
"metabolism" or "digestion".
What breaks down food in your body?
Your stomach
Why does your body need peristalsis?
It helps move food through the digestive track by creating waves in the walls of the "tube" which pushes the food down. Not sure where else this applies in the body.
Can you digest your food easier when stood up or sat down?
Stud up because its easier for the food to go through your body to your Stomach.
Why does your body break down the food?
Your body breaks down food so that it can get the nutrients into usable form.
How do the body absorb food?
The body absorbs food by the food molecules like starch or gluten are broken down so the can fit through the small gaps in the small intestine, therefore going into our blood steam.
How does food get out of the small intestine into the blood?
The path that food takes to get out of the small intestine and into the blood is through the body cells. When food is broken down in the stomach, nutrients are absorbed through the intestinal walls. The nutrients cross the mucosa into the bloodstream where they are transported to other parts of the body.
