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The type of involuntary muscle that moves food through the digestive tract is called?
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smooth muscle
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What is the involuntary muscle contraction that moves through the digestive system?
Peristalsis
Involuntary muscle contractions that move the food through the digestive system?
peristalsis
Food moves through the digestive tract by wavelike contractions called?
Peristalsis is a series of involuntary smooth muscle contractions along the walls of the digestive tract that move food through the digestive tractperistalsis
What is another name for involuntary muscles?
It is called involuntary muscle or smooth muscle.
What is the involuntary muscle contraction that moves food through digestive system?
Yes, involantary muscles move food through the intestinal tract.
Where can you find the involuntary muscle?
Involuntary muscle is muscle that contracts on its own. You do not have to think about contracting it. You find this type of muscle in hollow organs such as the digestive tract. You also find a type of involuntary muscle in the heart.
What is the involuntary muscle action of alimentary canal?
The involuntary muscle action of the alimentary canal is called peristalsis. It uses this muscle action to move food through.
Peristalsis the squeezing action of the digestive muscle is an example of what type of muscle?
Smooth muscles. These muscles are not striated and are involuntary.
What is the muscle called that moves food down the digestive system?
Smooth muscle, also called involuntary muscle because we don't have to think to make it move, moves the food in waves of peristalsis.
What organ has involuntary and striated muscles?
The heart as both involuntary and striated muscles. The striations are similar skeletal muscles. Heart muscles are involuntary like the muscles seen in the digestive tract, called smooth muscle.
Series of involuntary muscle contractions along the walls of the digestive tract?
Peristalsis.
What type of muscles move food through digestive system?
Heart, because it pumps blood that contains Oxygen and nutrients to the body.
