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The esophagus moves food downward without performing any digestive functions.
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How do sphincters and peristalsis aid in digestion?
Peristalsis moves food down the digestive track to keep it going, like a conveyor belt.
What is the tube through which food moves via peristalsis but no digestion takes place?
The esophagus moves food via peristalsis, but no digestion occurs in the esophagus. It connects the mouth and stomach.
What does peristalsis in the stomach do?
Peristalsis is a series of muscular contractions which moves food, in its various stages of digestion, through the alimentary canal.
What is the role of perstalisis in digestion?
movement of muscles to move the bolus downward
When my diaphragm contracts and moves downward?
When you inhale.
What does oesophagus do during digestion?
It takes food from the throat and pushes it down through the neck, and into the stomach. It moves food by waves of muscle contraction called peristalsis.
The process by which food is broken down into simpler substances is?
Digestion Science haters that cheat on test and if you say no you're gonna pay
What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food from the back of your throat to the stomach?
The esopahagus is the pipe that moves food from your throat to your stomach. No digestion occurs in the esopagus, only transport.
What is the name of the pipe that shifts food from the back of your throat down to your stomach?
The esopahagus is the pipe that moves food from your throat to your stomach. No digestion occurs in the esopagus, only transport.
Moves the scapula forward and downward?
Pectoralis Minor
What moves sugar downward toward the roots?
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What fault moves rock downward?
a normal fault
