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What do you name the muscular action that moves food through the digestive system?

Peristalsis


What is the muscle action that mixes chyme with digestive juices while another muscular action that moves food through the digestive system?

The muscle action that mixes chyme with digestive juices throughout the digestive system is called Peristalsis. Peristalsis are wave-like of contractions and expansions of muscles. The muscles help to move the bolus (food) through the digestive tract. Peristalsis are located all over the digestive tract.


What is the involuntary muscle contraction that moves through the digestive system?

Peristalsis


What is the muscular movement that moves food through out the digestive system?

Peristalsis.


What organ system chews swallows and moves food through the digestive system?

That is the organ system: digestive system.


How does the nervous system works with digestive system?

The nervous system regulates the speed at which food moves through the digestive system. It also alerts people of when they are hungry.


What movement continually mixes the food with digestive juices?

Segmentation is a muscle action that mixes chyme with digestive juices, while Peristalsis is a muscle action that moves food through the digestive system.


When smooth muscle digestive oragns squeezes the food through digestive tact is called?

The process by which smooth muscle in digestive organs squeezes food through the digestive tract is called peristalsis. This wave-like contraction moves the food along the esophagus, stomach, and intestines, facilitating digestion and absorption. Peristalsis is an involuntary action controlled by the autonomic nervous system, ensuring that food is transported efficiently through the digestive system.


How do you use the word peristalsis in a sentence?

Peristalsis is the process that moves food through your digestive system.


What does air move through which is part of the digestive system?

Air moves through the pharynx, which is part of both the respiratory and digestive systems. In the digestive system, the pharynx plays a role in swallowing as it helps direct food and liquid into the esophagus.


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.


What process moves materials threw the small intestine?

Perastalsis, the wave of muscular contractions that moves food through the entire digestive system.