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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 pushes food through the digestive food?
The peristalsis which is a wavelike muscle contraction
What pushes down the food?
The food is pushed through the Oesophagus by a process called Peristalsis.
What is the squeezing movement called that pushes food through the digestive system?
peristalsis
What is the wave of muscular movement that pushes food through the digestion system?
Peristalsis .
Is the esophagus the organ through which swallowed food pushes?
Yes, the esophagus carries food from your mouth to your stomach.
What is the muscle action that pushes food down the esophagus and through the intestines called?
It is called deglutition.
What lines your stomach wall and pushes food through your digestive system when you eat?
Cells and muscles.
The squeezing motion that pushes food through the digestive system is called what?
Peristalsis.
What is a wave like muscular movement that pushes food through the alimentary canal is known as the?
Food moves through the digestive tract as a result of peristaltic motion, or peristalsis.
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 waves of muscular movement that pushes food through the digestive system?
Peristalsis is the term for the waves of muscular movement that push food through the digestive system. Peristalsis is accomplished through the activity of smooth muscle.
