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What is the movement called that pushes food along the esophagus?
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∙ 14y ago
As a simplified response, muscles in the tongue pushes food into the pharynx. However, it's a little more complicated than that.
This address has good info on your question: http://www.nature.com/gimo/contents/pt1/full/gimo1.html
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agofood is moved through the esophagus through peristalsis.
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∙ 12y agoThe food is pushed through the Oesophagus by a process called Peristalsis.
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∙ 12y agoPerilstasis is the how the muscles contract to move food through the digestive system. Also gravity helps, I bet.
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∙ 14y agoThe wave-like muscle contraction that moves food along the esophagus is called peristalsis.
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∙ 13y agoone word answer, peristalsis....
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∙ 11y agosmooth muscle
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∙ 11y agoMuscles
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