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It is 'lined' by many muscles at many points, including circular muscles, longitudinal muscles etc. No single muscle, or single type of muscle, lines it.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 6y agoSmooth muscle makes up the involuntary muscles that perform peristalsis: rhythmic contractions that move food along in the digestive tract.
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∙ 14y agoWell there are smooth muscles throughout the digestive tract (which includes the small intestine). This means they have no striations.
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∙ 13y agoSmooth Muscles
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∙ 11y agosmooth muscle
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∙ 11y agoThe digestive muscle :)
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∙ 12y agoepithelium
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What is the meaning of to digestive?
to digest: your body digests food as it goes down your body, digesting is where in your body the food is broken down until it reaches the bottom! serving for or pertaining to digestion; having the function of digesting food: the digestive tract.
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.
The type of involuntary muscle that moves food through the digestive tract is called?
smooth muscle
Why is the digestive tract made of smooth muscle?
Because the food is hard. xD
What has muscle's that squeeze and mix food as well as acid's that break it down?
The stomach, or digestive system and/or digestive tract.
What type of tissue accounts for the movement of food along the digestion tract?
Smooth muscle contractions account for the movement of food along the digestive tract.
What is it that moves food along through the digestive tract even when we are lying down or floating in the weightlessness of space?
Peristalsis, a series of muscle contractions in the intestines and stomach that help to push the food through your digestive tract.
Function of smooth muscle?
responsible for the continual movement of food along the digestive tract
What is the muscle action that mixes chyme with digestive juices while another muscular action that moves food through the digestive system?
The muscle action that mixes chyme with digestive juices throughout the digestive system is called Peristalsis. Peristalsis are wave-like of contractions and expansions of muscles. The muscles help to move the bolus (food) through the digestive tract. Peristalsis are located all over the digestive tract.
What muscle or tissue moves food through the digestive tract?
it goes to the small intenstine but breaks down by pepsin
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.
