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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!
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What is the squeezing movement called that pushes food through the digestive system?
peristalsis
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 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.
What is the wave of the 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.
What pushes food through the digestive food?
The peristalsis which is a wavelike muscle contraction
How does the muscular system help the digestive system?
The digestive system has smooth muscle through out it, and they help move the food.
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.
How does the digestive system move food through itself?
Muscle motion in your digestive system called Peristalsis helps the food to travel through your digestive system.
Why is fiber good for the digestive system?
Fiber stimulates the muscular response (peristalsis) which pushes food in its assorted stages of digestion through the alimentary canal.
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 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.
