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What is the mixing of substance in the alimentary canal?
Smooth Muscle in the wall of the alimentary canal can contract to produce two types of movements 1. Churning: Churning Mixes substances in the canal 2. Peristalsis: Propels substances through the body.
Which layer of the wall of the alimentary canal contracts to move materials through the canal?
The muscular layer, known as the muscularis externa, contracts to facilitate the movement of materials through the alimentary canal. This layer is made up of smooth muscle that helps propel food and waste products through the digestive system via peristalsis.
What is the location of the smooth er in the animal cell?
smooth muscles are present in alimentary canal
How is food moved along the alimentary canal?
The involuntary motion that moves food through the alimentary canal is called peristalsis and is a wavelike contraction and relaxation of the intestinal wall smooth muscles. It pushes food along the intestine.
What kind of muscle found inside the alimentary canal?
skeletal - proximal 1/3 of esophagus and anus smooth - middle/distal 1/3 of esophagus through rectum
The digestive tract is also called the alimentary canal?
The digestive tract is called alimentary canal because its parts form a long tube through which we absorb the nutrition in our food. The word "alimentary" comes from the Latin word for nourishment, alimentum.
Which layer of the alimentary canal is made of the smooth muscle involved in peristalsis?
The muscular layer responsible for peristalsis in the alimentary canal is the muscularis externa. It is composed of smooth muscle fibers arranged in circular and longitudinal layers that contract and relax to push food along the digestive tract through coordinated movements known as peristalsis.
What type of muscle controls digestion?
Your intestines contain a medial layer of smooth muscle. When the smooth muscle in your intestines is innervated this causes contractions of those smooth muscles. This action then propels food through the intestines. This is called peristalsis. So, as far as I know there are no other muscle groups that aide in digestions. There are however, a plethora of chemicals and enzymes that assist in the digestive process.
What process propels the sperm from the epididyms to the vas deferens and finally through the urethra?
Peristaltic contractions of the smooth muscle in the walls of the vas deferens propel the sperm from the epididymis through the vas deferens and eventually through the urethra during ejaculation. Hormones like adrenaline can also trigger these contractions to help move the sperm.
What is peristaltis?
peristalsis is a distinctive pattern of smooth muscle contraction that propels food stuffs distally through the esophagus and intestine
What is peristalsis's?
Peristalsis is a distinctive pattern of smooth muscle contractions that propels food through the esophagus and intestines.radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles which propagates in a wave down a muscular tube, in an anterograde fashion.
What process involves the contractions of smooth muscle that propel urine through the ureter?
peristalsis
