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What is the muscle action that pushes food down the esophagus and through the intestines called?
It is called deglutition.
What are the Similarities and Differences between stomach and esophagus?
Both have food that passes through it. The esophagus is a long narrow tube that pushes down food to the stomach. The stomach is a muscle covered sac that continuously churns food
Is the esophagus the organ through which swallowed food pushes?
Yes, the esophagus carries food from your mouth to your stomach.
What muscle pushes digesting food along in a wave-like action?
Peristaltic movement.
What is the movement called that pushes food along the esophagus?
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
What is a wavelike motion that pushes food downward?
Peristalsis is the wavelike motion of muscles that pushes food downward through the digestive tract. It helps propel food and liquids from the esophagus to the stomach and through the intestines for digestion and absorption.
What pushes the food through the digestive system?
The organs that your food passes through pushes it along. E.g: The esophagus (aka: The gullet) squeezes and pushes the food down. That's why you can eat upside down without the food coming back up!
What is the main functions of the esophagus?
The esophagus takes the food from the mouth to the stomach. Food moves through the esophagus by peristalsis, which is muscle contractions the pushes the food downward. At the end of the esophagus is the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), which prevents food from re-entering the esophagus after it's reached the stomach.
What pushes food through the digestive food?
The peristalsis which is a wavelike muscle contraction
What forms a food substance into small balls and then pushes them into the esophagus?
The pharaynx!
What push food down into the stomach?
The esophagus. Deeply lined muscle that almost contracts and pushes food down to the stomach
How does the esophagus help move food through the digestive system?
peristalsis is a muscle that helps food to get through the oesphagus
