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Araceli Harris
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∙ 12y agoThe Tongue first and foremost, The four muscles of mastication (chewing) are Masseter, Temporalis, lateral and medial pterygoid muscles
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What muscle is in your mouth that is used for pushing food around?
It is the tongue.
What is muscle in your mouth that is used for pushing food around?
It is the tongue.
What is the name of the muscle in your mouth that is used for pushing food around?
Tounge
Muscle in your mouth that is used for pushing food around?
Tounge
What carries food from the mouth to the stomach with peristaltic bands pushing the food downwards?
OESAPHAGUS carries food from the mouth to the peristalsis bands pushing the food downwards through a movement called peristaltic movement.
Do the muscles in the gullet help to push the food down to the stomach?
The mouth chew the food first, a muscle at the back of the mouth forces the food down your gullet and the gullet's muscle forces it down into your stomach.
What helps push food down to the back of the mouth where it is swallowed?
The tongue is a muscle which pushes food to the back of the mouth, where it the food is then swallowed.
How do stentors channel food into their mouth?
They use cilia which are beating the food to channel the food into the Stentor's mouth.
Where is the tongue found in your body?
in your mouth. it is a muscle that pushes food in your throat
What tissue type moves food from mouth to stomach?
Muscle Tissue does jobs such as moving food from our mouth to our stomach.Source: my science class xP
How human digestive system adapted to its environment?
The gullet has circular rings of muscles in the walls and when you swallow a reflex talks place (PERISTALSIS)where the muscle before and around the lump of food relax and the muscle behind contracts, squeezing the food along a bit so you get a wave of relaxation and contraction pushing the food down.
How do starfish turn their stomach inside out?
By pushing up through their mouths then the stomach opens like a mouth and gets the food.
