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What is the muscle called that moves food down the digestive system?
Smooth muscle, also called involuntary muscle because we don't have to think to make it move, moves the food in waves of peristalsis.
What is the role of the esophogus?
it is a muscle tube that moves food
The type of involuntary muscle that moves food through the digestive tract is called?
smooth muscle
What muscle moves food into the esophagus?
A combination of your tongue and jaw muscles
Which muscle type moves food into the stomach?
smooth muscles in the wall of the esophagus.
What is the function of the muscualr system?
The muscular system moves your body by using your bones. There is smooth muscle in the bigestive tract which moves food along it and there is cardiac muscle in the heart which is used in making the heart pump blood.
What tissue type moves food from mouth to stomach?
Muscle Tissue does jobs such as moving food from our mouth to our stomach.Source: my science class xP
What type of muscle moves bones?
Skeletal Muscles.
What muscle or tissue moves food through the digestive tract?
it goes to the small intenstine but breaks down by pepsin
What is the process that moves food through the digestive tract?
PeristalsisPeristalsis
What is a muscle that moves food through our digestive system or keeps our hearts beating?
The muscle responsible for moving food through the digestive system is the smooth muscle found in the walls of the gastrointestinal tract. The heart is primarily made up of cardiac muscle which is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.
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.
