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The digestive system is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus. Inside this tube is a lining called the mucosa. In the mouth, stomach, and small intestine, the mucosa contains tiny glands that produce juices to help digest food.
Two solid organs, the liver and the pancreas, produce digestive juices that reach the intestine through small tubes. In addition, parts of other organ systems (for instance, nerves and blood) play a major role in the digestive system.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe study of the digestive system and the diseases that occur inside, is called "gastroenterology". 'Gastro' derives from the Greek for stomach; 'entero' means intestine.
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What is the squeezing movement called that pushes food through the digestive system?
peristalsis
The movement of digested food from the digestive system to the circulating fluid is called?
peristalsis
What effects the digestive system?
digestive is to digest but the digestive system is a system of digestion.
What is the process that involves the movement of nutrients through the wall of your digestive system into your blood?
This is called absorption.
What are the wave of muscle contractions that pushes food through the digestive system?
Smooth muscle in the walls of the digestive tract contract and form a movement called peristalsis.
What are digestive organs working together called?
Digestive organs working together is called the digestive system.
What does absorption of the digestive system mean?
It means that it involes the movement of nutrients through the wall of your digestive system into your blood. Absorption
What system causes movement of the organs such as the intestines and heart?
Digestive
Rhythm like movement of the muscle in the walls of the GI tract?
The rhythmic muscular contractions of the digestive system are called peristalsis.
Which system causes movement in the body-the nervous systemthe digestive systemthe respiratory systemor the muscular system?
the nervous system triggers movement
What is the correct medical term meaning muscular wavelike move it to transport food through the digestive system?
Food travels down the esophagus or intestines by a muscle movement called "Peristalsis" that constantly pushes the food down into the stomach.
Is elimanation part of the digestive system?
Elimination is one of the functions of the digestive system. The movement of undigested food in the form of feces is one of the functions of the excretory system.
