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Is the Submandibular gland an accessory digestive gland?
Yes. An accessory digestive organ is an organ that is not part of the GI tract. In other words - an organ that food does not pass through. Food does not pass through the Submandibular gland, so it is an accessory digestive gland.
What is the process of pushing food through you body?
The food gets pushed through your digestive system by contaction in a ring of the smooth muscle in the walls of the various organs of the digestive tract (oesophagus, stomach, small and large intestine) and this is called peristaltism.
Is it true that when food passes through the digestive tract it becomes less complex and the nutrients are more readily available to the body?
yes
Were does peristalsis occur?
Peristalsis is the contractions and the relaxations made by the muscles of the body especially by the muscles of the alimentary canal. Peristalsis is important for the movement of food through the oesophagus (so that the food can reach the stomach) and the large intestine (for prevention of constipation). Peristaltic movement also takes place in the reproductive organs of the body.
What happens in the anus during digestion?
The anus is the exit hole from the rectum and through which undigested food in the form of feces exits the digestive tract.
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 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.
What is the process that moves food through the digestive tract?
PeristalsisPeristalsis
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.
What are the wave of muscle contractions that pushes food through the digestive system?
Smooth muscle in the walls of the digestive tract contract and form a movement called peristalsis.
What pushes food through the digestive food?
The peristalsis which is a wavelike muscle contraction
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 propels foods through the digestive tract?
peristalsis plays a large role in moving food through the digestive tract
Which two actions help to propel a bolus of food through the digestive tract?
Propulsion is the movement of food down the esophagus and peristalsis is the contractions in the stomach walls that moves food through the digestive tract.
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 moves around food in the body?
Food moves through the digestive tract.
Which part of the brain assists the digestive system by moving food through the digestive tract?
Hypothalamus. Answer for A+
