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Involuntary muscle movements along with the help of gravity help to move food from the mouth to the colon. These movements of smooth muscle is called peristalsis.
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What does movement mean in reference to digestion?
the physical propulsion of food through the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract)
What comes in and out of the gi tract?
Food and fluids go in...Feces and fluids come out... The GI tract is an overall workhorse to convert ingested food and fluid to energy and stored energy, as well as get rid of wastes.
What body system contains the GI tract?
GI=gastrointestinal tract. In other words everything a bit of food passes from you start chewing it until it leaves your body.
The ability of the GI tract to mix and move material along its length is called?
motility
What are the two important ways in which the GI tract works?
Gastrointestinal tract have digestive secretions to digest the food and peristaltic movements to propel the food forwards.
What is the function of the Longitudinal muscles in the GI tract?
The circular muscle layer prevents food from traveling backward and the longitudinal layer shortens the tract. By Ah Mok
What describes nutrition that by passes the GI tract?
Describes nutrition that bypasses the GI tract
How do tigers defecate?
Digestion works by moving food through the GI tract. Digestion begins in the mouth with chewing and ends in the small intestine. As food passes through the GI tract, it mixes with digestive juices, causing large molecules of food to break down into smaller molecules and out from the bowel
What is mucosa's fragility?
Mucosa can be found in the lining of the GI tract and friable is a term used to described the amount of degradation experienced in the GI tract. The Mucosa of the GI tract aids in the degradation of food in the body.
In what order does food pass through the regions of the GI tract?
Stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, colon
How does food pass your organs?
By rhythmic movements called peristalsis. They are wavelike contractions of smooth muscle that propel food through the GI tract.
What is the strongest muscle in the GI tract organ?
The stomach has the thickest walls and the strongest muscle in all the GI tract organs. : )
