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The action that forces food into the digestive tract is swallowing. This begins with the tongue after mastication (chewing).
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Where does food pass in the digestive system?
The Digestive Tract
What is the process that moves food through the digestive tract?
PeristalsisPeristalsis
In earthworms how is food passed through the digestive tract?
The food is passed through the digestive tract when the worm moves. The movement causes the muscles to contract and move the food through the system.
Food is forced into the digestive tract by the?
By the swallowing reflex.
The movement of food through the digestive tract is regulated by?
The movement of food through the digestive tract is regulated by muscles. Muscles produce a narrowing which pushes the food through each of the digestive organs until it reaches the entrance of the stomach.
What are the nutrients that moves through the digestive tract?
Fiber is the nutrient that helps move food through the digestive tract. It provides bulk, which activates the stretch receptors in the muscles of the digestive tract, stimulating them to activity.
How long is a cats digestive tract?
A dog's digestive tract is about 5 times the length of its body.
What moves around food in the body?
Food moves through the digestive tract.
Which two actions help to propel a bolus of food through the digestive tract?
Propulsion is the movement of food down the esophagus and peristalsis is the contractions in the stomach walls that moves food through the digestive tract.
Is food found only within the digestive tract?
Yes.
What happens when you eat food?
It gets digested in your digestive tract.
What part of digestive tract carries food to the esophagus?
the throat
