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What is the invoulentary waves of muscle contractions that keep food moving in one direction in the digestive system?
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∙ 8y ago
Such waves of contractions are called as peristalsis. This is a regular feature in the digestive tract. When you eat the food, this process is more remarkable. There are local never plexuses that control the regular moments. There is the autonomic nervous system related to hypothalamus of the brain, which also control such movements. You have very good videos on the YouTube about the peristalsis.
Jalyn Gottlieb
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∙ 9y agoSuch waves of contractions are called as peristalsis. This is a regular feature in the digestive tract. When you eat the food, this process is more remarkable. There are local never plexuses that control the regular moments. There is the autonomic nervous system related to hypothalamus of the brain, which also control such movements. You have very good videos on the YouTube about the peristalsis.
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∙ 8y agoPeristalsis is the term for the involuntary waves of muscle contractions that keep food moving in one direction through the digestive tract, and keep urine moving through the ureters.
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∙ 14y agoPERISTALSIS - muscular action moves food
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∙ 14y agoContractions of the small intestine
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Involentary waves of muscles contractions that keep food from moving in one direction through the digestive system are called?
peristalsis
How do smooth muscles and sphincters keep food moving in one direction throughout the digestive system?
by peristalsis which is the rhythmic, involuntary contraction of the smooth muscles in the walls of digestive organs.
What happens to the body when peristalsis takes place?
Your digestive system performs the complex jobs of moving and breaking down food. Material is moved through the digestive system by wave like contractions of smooth muscles. This musculaur action is called peristalsis (pehr-ih-stawl-sihs).
Why does food only move one direction in the digestive system?
So nothing can go backwards and get stuck. ... It also maintains the diffusion gradient if food is moving in one direction so the products of digestion are absorbed faster.
What is to change direction?
acceleration in a direction that is not parallel to the direction you are moving
What is Changed direction?
acceleration in a direction that is not parallel to the direction you are moving
Does velocity only describes the direction in which an objects moving?
No. Velocity is a vector that describes both the direction in which an object is moving and its speed in that direction.
Which part of the brain assists the digestive system by moving food through the digestive tract?
Hypothalamus. Answer for A+
Define segmentation as in digestive system?
Segmentation in the digestive tract mixes food with digestive juices and increases the rate of absorption by repeatedly moving different parts of the food mass over the intestinal wall.
What direction is the Caribbean plate moving?
northwest they are moving
What are Muscular contractions for moving food?
there are muscular contractions in the oesophagus which help to move the food this rhythmic movement is known as PERISTALSIS
A boy jumps out of a moving bus there is danger for him tofall towards the moving bus or away from bus or in the direction of motion or opposite to the direction of the motion?
In the direction of
