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peristalsis plays a large role in moving food through the digestive tract
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Which process propels the food through the digestive tract?
the process is peristalsis
Excess water is absorbed in which part of the digestive tract?
Excess water is absorbed in the large intestine of the digestive tract.
What makes up the fiber that absorbs toxins as it moves through the intestinal tract of an animal's digestive system?
Cellulose
The pancreas is an organ connected to the digestive tract of humans by a duct through which digestive enzymes flow?
The pancreas is part of the digestive system and is classified as an accessory organ of digestion
Difference between digestive system and gastroinintestinal tract?
There is no difference. Both terms refer to the same system. Digestive system is refferd to by many different names, but mostly digestive system, gastrointestinal (GI) tract, alimentary canal or dgestive tract.
Which process propels the food through the digestive tract?
the process is peristalsis
Does undigested foods leave the digestive tract through the small intestine?
No Through the anus.
What muscle or nervous tissues move foods through the digestive tract?
it goes to the small intenstine but breaks down by pepsin
The nondigestable part of certain foods that aids in moving food through the digestive tract?
The non digestible part of certain food that aid in moving food through the digestive tract is called fiber. Fiber is mainly found in bread and vegetables.
What are the nutrients that moves through the digestive tract?
Fiber is the nutrient that helps move food through the digestive tract. It provides bulk, which activates the stretch receptors in the muscles of the digestive tract, stimulating them to activity.
What is the process that moves food through the digestive tract?
PeristalsisPeristalsis
What is the name of the wave like constraction that propel food along the gut?
Peristalsis is the process by which smooth muscle moves a mass of food (called the food bolus) through the digestive system. There is circular smooth muscle and longitudinal smooth muscle in the digestive tract. Contraction of circluar smooth muscle keeps the food bolus from moving "backward" along the digestive tract by decreasing the diameter of the tract behind the bolus. Contraction of the longitudinal muscle in the digestive tract propels the food bolus "forward" in the digestive tract.
What is the definition of absorption in the digestive tract?
The definition of absorption in the digestive tract is is the process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of your digestive system onto your blood
In earthworms how is food passed through the digestive tract?
The food is passed through the digestive tract when the worm moves. The movement causes the muscles to contract and move the food through the system.
The movement of food through the digestive tract is regulated by?
The movement of food through the digestive tract is regulated by muscles. Muscles produce a narrowing which pushes the food through each of the digestive organs until it reaches the entrance of the stomach.
What is the opening through the wastes that leaves the digestive tract?
The Anus
What passes through the digestive tract as fiber or roughage?
cellulose
