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Peristalsis involves circular smooth muscles and longitudinal smooth muscles in the effort to produce waves of contractions in a tube. This process is used in digestion to move the food (bolus) through the esophagus and the chyme (partially digested food) through the intestines.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 9y agoAlong the digestive tract, it is smooth muscle that is most significantly responsible for peristalsis. Peristalsis is when muscles contract and relax at a rapid pace.
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∙ 12y agoPeristalsis = smooth muscle contractions (ex. Stomach when it digests food)
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∙ 14y agothe esophagus.
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∙ 13y agoSmooth muscle!
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What type of muscle cell is responsible for performing peristalsis?
Smooth muscle cells are responsible for performing peristalsis in the digestive tract. These cells have a unique structure that allows them to contract and relax in a coordinated manner, propelling food through the gastrointestinal system.
Peristalsis is example of what type of muscle?
Peristalsis is the contraction of the digestive muscles. Peristalsis is the contractions that occur in the smooth muscles of the body.
What is the type of contraction that Peristalsis is seen in?
smooth muscle
Which type of muscle is responsible for peristalsis along to digestive tract?
smooth muscle
Peristalsis the squeezing action of the digestive muscles is an example of this type of muscle?
the smooth muscle
When a muscle undergoes atrophy in response to disuse?
In type of excercise
What type of muscle tissue found in the walls of the human stomach is most closely associated with the process of peristalsis?
smooth muscle.
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.
Propulsive waves of smooth muscle contraction?
It is called peristalsis
What is the involuntary muscle action of alimentary canal?
The involuntary muscle action of the alimentary canal is called peristalsis. It uses this muscle action to move food through.
Peristalsis the squeezing action of the digestive muscle is an example of what type of muscle?
Smooth muscles. These muscles are not striated and are involuntary.
Smooth muscle propels food through the alimentary canal by a process called?
The process in which muscles propel food through the alimentary canal is called peristalsis.
