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What is muscular waves that move materials along the digestive tract?
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Peristalsis. The process of peristalsis begins in the esophagus when a bolus of food is swallowed.
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What are muscular movements along digestive tract?
Peristalsis. This process moves ingesta along the digestive tract.
Muscular contractions of digestive tract?
this is called Peristalsis
What is the contraction of the digestive system?
Peristalsis is the name of the digestive tract muscles pushing the food along... Is this what you were referring to?
What type of muscular contraction breaks foods into sections in the intestine?
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What is the medical term meaning wave like contractions?
The medical term for wave-like contractions is peristalsis. This is the rhythmic muscular movements that helps propel food and other materials through the digestive tract.
What type of tissue accounts for the movement of food along the digestion tract?
Smooth muscle contractions account for the movement of food along the digestive tract.
Which type of muscle is responsible for peristalsis along to digestive tract?
smooth muscle
Food moves along the digestive tract as the result of contractions of what?
smooth muscles.
Series of involuntary muscle contractions along the walls of the digestive tract?
Peristalsis.
The what is a muscular structure at the anterior end of the digestive tract?
I will take a guess at this question. I think it is the Cardiac Sphincter.
What is peristalsis for?
peristalsis is basically the contraction and relaxation of muscle in digestive system which moves food along. for example if you have a staw with a drop of liquid in it, and you squeeze the straw just behind the liquid (this representing the muscular contraction), then the liquid will move away from where you are squeezing. so by the continuous contraction and relaxation of muscles in the walls of the digestive tract, movement of the food occurs. hence, the purpose of peristalsis is the movement of food along the digestive tract.
Rhythm like movement of the muscle in the walls of the GI tract?
The rhythmic muscular contractions of the digestive system are called peristalsis.
