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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 is the name of the wave like constraction that propel food along the gut?
Peristalsis is the process by which smooth muscle moves a mass of food (called the food bolus) through the digestive system. There is circular smooth muscle and longitudinal smooth muscle in the digestive tract. Contraction of circluar smooth muscle keeps the food bolus from moving "backward" along the digestive tract by decreasing the diameter of the tract behind the bolus. Contraction of the longitudinal muscle in the digestive tract propels the food bolus "forward" in the digestive tract.
What is the name of the mechanical process that's breaks up food in the stomach?
The name of the mechanical process that breaks up food in the stomach is known as peristalsis. During peristalsis, the muscles of the digestive system contract and relax, moving food along the gastrointestinal tract.
What is another name for gastrointestinal tract?
GI tract, GIT, digestive tract, digestion tract, alimentary canal
What are the names of all parts of the digestive system?
the parts are: mouth, tongue, palate, bolus, teeth, espigolthis, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, gallbladder, liver, small intestine large intestine. if u don't feel satisfied u may look at WWW.encyclopedia.com
What is the name for the whole digestive tract?
The Gastrointestinal system
What is the name of the mechanical process that breaks up food in the stomach?
The name of the mechanical process that breaks up food in the stomach is known as peristalsis. During peristalsis, the muscles of the digestive system contract and relax, moving food along the gastrointestinal tract.
What does a 'fantastic voyage' through the lumen of the digestive tract mean?
It may mean a site but most like a book by that name. You ride along with a meal some one ate.
Is Gastroenterology known as the digestive system?
Gastroenterology is the name for the medical specialty for the treatment of diseases and conditions of the human digestive tract.
What is a catchy name for a science project about the digestive system?
snacks and bladders
What is the name of the chamber in the digestive tract of grazing mammals in which cellulose is broken down?
rumen
What are the symptoms of gastroenterology?
Gastroenterology is the name for the medical specialty that deals with diseases and conditions of the GI (digestive tract) tract. So technically, it has no symptoms.
