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What moves food back down through a vascular plant?
the pipes moves food back down through the plant.
What is an pharynx?
Food enters the mouth. The pharynx acts as a suction pump; its muscular walls draw in food. In the pharynx, the pharyngeal glands secrete mucus.
What is the function of a muscular pharynx?
The function of the pharynx is to transfer food to the mouth to the esphagus and warm, and moiston and filter air before it moves into the trachea.
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
Describe and explain the difference in muscularity between the crop and the gizzard?
The gizzard is used to manually grind and break down food and the crop stores it.
What is a muscular tube that squeezes food down to the stomach?
The esophagus is a tube made of smooth muscle. It carries food from throat to stomach. The muscular movements of peristalsis moves the food downward, as well as by gravity. However, you can be upside down and food will still get to the stomach.
What happens to larynx during swallowing?
The epiglottis closes (to stop food going into the lungs) and the muscular walls contract to push the food down the oesophagus.
What is the muscular contraction called that moves food through the stomach?
peristalsis
What is the muscular movement that moves food through out the digestive system?
Peristalsis.
What do you name the muscular action that moves food through the digestive system?
Peristalsis
How does the food move down toward the stomach?
A series of muscular contractions, which squeeze the alimentary canal, called peristalsis, are what moves food all the way through the alimentary canal, from beginning to end.
What name is given to the muscular contraction which moves food along the alimantary canal?
Peristalsis
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.
What are the effects of peristalsis in the small intestine?
Peristalsis is the series of muscular contractions which moves food through the gastro-intestinal tract. This is necessary for digestion to occur. Food cannot even be swallowed, unless something moves it down the esophagus.
What process moves materials threw the small intestine?
Perastalsis, the wave of muscular contractions that moves food through the entire digestive system.
What moves food back down through a vascular plant?
the pipes moves food back down through the plant.
What is an pharynx?
Food enters the mouth. The pharynx acts as a suction pump; its muscular walls draw in food. In the pharynx, the pharyngeal glands secrete mucus.
