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Peristalsis is a series of muscular contractions which moves food, in its various stages of digestion, through the alimentary canal.
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Where does peristalsis take place?
It occurs in the stomach, the esophagus and the intestines.
Peristalsis is pendulum-like in this organ?
The pendulum-like peristalsis takes place in the stomach.
What uses peristalsis and pepsin to aid digestion?
The stomach uses peristalsis and pepsin to aid digestion.
What is a sentence for peristalsis?
There is no peristalsis going on in her stomach because she hasn't eaten anything all day.
What is the name of the movement of the stomach during digestion?
movement of chyme from the stomach to the small intestine is regulated by what
What are the waves of contraction called that move the food to the stomach?
Peristalsis. The process of peristalsis begins in the esophagus when a bolus of food is swallowed. The strong wave-like motions of the smooth muscle in the esophagus carry the food to the stomach, where it is churned into a liquid mixture called chyme.
Why does the esophagus push food to the stomach?
it is because of the peristalsis
Why is peristalsis important to the stomach?
Peristalsis also occurs in the stomach so that it can mix the food together with stomach juices and move the partially digested food into the first part of the small intestine (known as the duodenum).
Which organs use peristalsis?
Our Oesophagus' use Peristalsis to squeeze food down into our stomach. That's all I can think of! !
What moves food from the mouth by muscular waves?
peristalsis.... the reason why food travels through the esophagus into the stomach is that it is moved along by contractions of smooth muscle surrounding the esophagus. This is known as peristalsis
Where does food move by peristalsis?
In alimentary canal from throat to stomach.
Does peristalsis help push food toward your stomach?
yes peristalsis is the wave like motion of either your esophagus pushing food( a bolus) down towards your stomach, or your small and large intestines pushing nutrients through to be processesed by the villi.
