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Peristalsis is the rhythmic contraction of smooth muscle that occurs in certain tubular organs Give examples of cases in which reverse peristalsis may occur?
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The esophagus, you throw up; vomit.
*Actually, throwing up is not the result of "reverse peristalsis." Throwing up is the result of stomach contractions that force the stomach contents up the esophagus and out the mouth (which is why you feel your abdomen tighten up while retching).
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What is a rhythmic contraction?
A rhythmic muscular contraction in the body is called Peristalsis.
What is a rhythmic contraction of a tubular organ to propel it contents?
Peristalsis is the rhythmic movement of the hollow digestive tract.
What is the rhythmic wavelike motion produced by smooth muscles in tubular visceral organs?
Peristalsis
What pushes food through the small intestine?
Intestines are lined with what are called smooth muscle tissue. These muscles differ primarily from the muscles attached, for example, to your joints in that their movement is rhythmic and involuntarily controlled. (The heart is another example of smooth muscle movement.) It is this rhythmic, involuntary contraction that moves food through the intestines.
What is the name of the process by which food material moves along the alimentary canal?
When we swallow, food is moved down into the stomach from the mouth. This is peristalsis, and it's a rhythmic contraction of smooth muscles. A link can be found below for more information.
Rhythm like movement of the muscle in the walls of the GI tract?
The rhythmic muscular contractions of the digestive system are called peristalsis.
What are sentences that have the word peristalsis?
Once it is swallowed, food travels down the aesophagus under the action of peristalsis, caused my the rhythmic contaction of muscles.
What is the rhymic contraction of the lining of the gastrointestinal tract called?
The rhythmic contractions of tubular organs, such as the esophagus or intestine, are called peristaltic waves. These waves propel the food material forwards. They are automatic due to local nerve plexus. The peristaltic waves increase in rhythm and force due to stimulation by the parasympathetic autonomic nervous system, and decrease due to stimulation by the sympathetic autonomic nervous system.
What pushes food into the stomack?
Peristalsis (rhythmic muscular squeezing) of the esophagus.
What is the part of the digestive system which uses rhythmic muscle movement?
The term 'peristalsis' refers to the transportation of material via rhythmic muscular movements. Both the esophogus and the colon (small and large intestines) utilize peristalsis. Peristalsis within the esophogus aids the transportation of food from the mouth to the stomach, while the colon functions via peristalsis to rid waste products from the body.
How do smooth muscles and sphincters keep food moving in one direction throughout the digestive system?
by peristalsis which is the rhythmic, involuntary contraction of the smooth muscles in the walls of digestive organs.
The rhythmic contractions of the esophagus are called what?
Peristalsis is the term for the rhythmic contractions of the esophagus. These wavelike contractions move food toward the stomach.
