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Smooth muscle is involuntary tissue. It is not controlled by the brain. Smooth muscle forms the muscle layers in the walls of organs such as the lower part of the esophagus, stomach and intestines.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoYou are thinking of smooth muscle which forms most of the digestive tract. However, the muscles that you use to chew are not smooth muscle but are striated muscles. Smooth muscle is not voluntary but striated is.
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How does the digestive system move food through itself?
Muscle motion in your digestive system called Peristalsis helps the food to travel through your digestive system.
What is the name for the muscle contractions that helps food move through the digestive system?
peristalsis
How does the esophagus help move food through the digestive system?
peristalsis is a muscle that helps food to get through the oesphagus
How the digestive system connect to muscular system?
The smooth muscle in the muscular system helps move food through the intestines in the digestion process. Also the muscles surrounding your stomach assist by churning up food which helps digestion.
How does the digestive system and muscular system work together?
they work together by in the muscular system the smooth muscle helps move food through the intestines. Also muscles surrounding your stomach churn up food which helps you digest.
Why it's important to eat fiber?
Fibre in our diets helps to add bulk to food we eat to make it easily move through the digestive system by peristalsis (waves of muscle contraction that help food to move along the digestive system) . It helps to prevent constipation and it's thought that it also helps prevent bowel cancer.
Why is it important to have a high fiber diet?
Fibre in our diets helps to add bulk to food we eat to make it easily move through the digestive system by peristalsis (waves of muscle contraction that help food to move along the digestive system) . It helps to prevent constipation and it's thought that it also helps prevent bowel cancer.
What cannot be digested and helps move waste through the digestive system?
Fiber
How does the digestive and the muscular systems work together?
they work together by in the muscular system the smooth muscle helps move food through the intestines. Also muscles surrounding your stomach churn up food which helps you digest.
What keeps food moving through the digestive system?
Wave-like contractions of the smooth muscle called peristalsis moves food through the digestive system.The muscles in the lining of these organs contract and relax from above the food which pushes the food downwards. this process works even if you stand upside down. it can face the strongest force of gravity very easily.The digestive system helps the body digest food. Bacteria in the GI tract, also called gut flora or microbiome.
What is the digestive system and what is its function?
the digestive system helps digest food and it is an ORGAN system
How does the liver helps you in the digestive system?
The liver produces digestive juices , that helps in the digestion.
