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What is the muscle action called that pushes food though the intestine?
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∙ 11y ago
peristalsis
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Is a intestine a involuntary or voluntary muscli?
smooth muscle pushes food through the intestine and smooth muscle is a involuntary muscle
What is the muscle action that pushes food down the esophagus and through the intestines called?
It is called deglutition.
What muscle pushes digesting food along in a wave-like action?
Peristaltic movement.
Is a tear in an abdominal muscle called a hernia?
No, a tear in an abdominal muscle is called a muscle strain or muscle pull. A hernia is a separate condition where an internal organ pushes through a weak spot in the surrounding muscle or tissue.
What organ is five feet long and pushes waste out of the body?
large intestine
How does the large intestines help the body to eliminate waste?
sa paguudo...... the large intestine pushes down the "feces"
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.
How does muscle flex?
The muscle pushes against the other muscle that does the opposite action. Take the bicep for example the bicep pulls while the tricep also pulls. the two muscles cancel each other out, but while still pulling making the muscle more showing.
What type of muscle is used for heart beating and food digestion?
The smooth muscles in the walls of the digestive system contract to keep food moving through the alimentary canal. In the small intestine, there are circular and longitudinal muscles which together produce the pinching and squeezing movement we call peristalsis. The heart itself is made of muscle, a special kind called cardiac muscle, and its contractions are what pushes the blood around.
What organ pushes sold waste through it?
That organ is the large intestine.
Muscle that pulls or pushes the lungs?
Diaphram
What pushes food through the small intestine?
Intestines are lined with what are called smooth muscle tissue. These muscles differ primarily from the muscles attached, for example, to your joints in that their movement is rhythmic and involuntarily controlled. (The heart is another example of smooth muscle movement.) It is this rhythmic, involuntary contraction that moves food through the intestines.
