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What is the name of the wavelike constructions that propel food along the gut?
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How does food pass your organs?
By rhythmic movements called peristalsis. They are wavelike contractions of smooth muscle that propel food through the GI tract.
What pushes food through the digestive food?
The peristalsis which is a wavelike muscle contraction
What is the wavelike movement that moves food through the insestines?
Peristalsis
The partially digested food is then moved by wavelike contractions known as?
Peristalsis.
What is a wavelike motion that pushes food downward?
the muscles in your esophagus push your food down into your small intestines
What term describes a series a wavelike contractions of the smooth muscles in a single direction?
The wavelike contractions of the smooth muscle in the gastrointestinal system are called peristalsis. The purpose of peristalsis is to push boluses of food along the gastrointestinal tract. This is achieved by the waves of contractions in the smooth muscle followed by relaxation of the muscles, pushing the bolus (ball of food) a bit further along the digestive tract with each contraction. These contractions move food or chyme through the esophagus, and intestines. The same contractions also move urine down the ureter to the bladder.
During what process does the cardiac sphincter open involuntarily?
the cardiac sphincter opens involuntarily during peristalsis, which is the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along the oesophagus down to the stomach. :)
Is Airbrush Propel safe to use on food?
no
How is food moved along the alimentary canal?
The involuntary motion that moves food through the alimentary canal is called peristalsis and is a wavelike contraction and relaxation of the intestinal wall smooth muscles. It pushes food along the intestine.
What causes movement of food inside the alimentary canal?
Peristalsis - the wavelike motion of the intestinal wall smooth muscles that push the food forward.
Food moves through the digestive tract by wavelike contractions called?
Peristalsis is a series of involuntary smooth muscle contractions along the walls of the digestive tract that move food through the digestive tractperistalsis
Where are two other places that the food can go down?
muscles lining the esophagus move in a wavelike motion, oushing the food through the esophagus and into the stomach
