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Segmentation is a muscle action that mixes chyme with digestive juices, while Peristalsis is a muscle action that moves food through the digestive system.
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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 causes black stools?
Because it mixes with the acids and juices in your body.
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 type of chemical reaction takes place as this digestive juice mixes with the acid from the stomach?
I suppose that the reaction between fruit/vegetables juices and hydrochloric acid from the stomach are not so important. Juices can increase the acidity in stomach.
What adds acidic juices to the bolus and mixes it?
Chyme
What is the function of the muscularis externa in the stomach?
The muscularis externa is the layer of the digestive tube, which consists of smooth muscles. It mixes ingested food with gastric juices so digestion is able to occur.
What types of drinks do people drink in Oman?
they drink a lot of teas, coffee, yogurt mixes, and fruit juices/ smoothies
What organs of the digestive mashes food and mixes it with acid?
The small intestine. The mouth mashes food with the teeth and mixes it with saliva which also includes some acid compounds.
How do tigers defecate?
Digestion works by moving food through the GI tract. Digestion begins in the mouth with chewing and ends in the small intestine. As food passes through the GI tract, it mixes with digestive juices, causing large molecules of food to break down into smaller molecules and out from the bowel
What muscular organ squeezes food into chyme?
The stomach mixes food, swallowed saliva, and gastric juices into a substance called chyme.
How does the abdomen work with the digestive system?
The stomach woks with the digestive system by that the stomach digests food and mixes it with hemoglobin which kills germs. So that your body can get the nutrients you need.
What organ of the digestive system mashes food and mixes it with acid?
The small intestine. The mouth mashes food with the teeth and mixes it with saliva which also includes some acid compounds.
