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What are the waves of contraction called that move the food to the stomach?
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∙ 11y ago
Peristalsis. The process of peristalsis begins in the esophagus when a bolus of food is swallowed. The strong wave-like motions of the smooth muscle in the esophagus carry the food to the stomach, where it is churned into a liquid mixture called chyme.
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The semisolid mixture of food acid and enzymes in the stomach is called?
Nimodipine
What valve controls the movement of food between the stomach and small intestine?
The Pyloric Sphincter controls the movement of food between the stomach and the small intestine.
Are the windpipe and food pipe the same in a human being?
No. The wind pipes (one leading to each lung) are called the bronchi. The food pipe, leading to the stomach, is called the esophagus.
Food breaks down into a thin watery liquid called?
The food passes down through your stomach and through your abdomen turning into what is called chyme. Your welcome it was in our Health homework. =)
Where is the chyme produced?
The microscopic particles called chylomicrons are produced by cells in the small intestine. Once they are produced, they are released into the bloodstream.In the epithelial of the small intestine. :)
What does oesophagus do during digestion?
It takes food from the throat and pushes it down through the neck, and into the stomach. It moves food by waves of muscle contraction called peristalsis.
What is the muscular contraction called that moves food through the stomach?
peristalsis
Why would the stomach take a long time to digest food without the muscles?
Muscles cause contraction. Contraction aides in moving the food along.
What push food down into the stomach?
The esophagus. Deeply lined muscle that almost contracts and pushes food down to the stomach
What do food tubes do?
send muscular waves of food called peristalsis toward the stomach
What does the act of swallowing cause?
causes a wave of esophageal contraction called peristalsis. Peristalsis pushes food along the esophagus. Normally, peristalsis causes the esophageal sphincter to relax and allow food into the stomach.
Does an esophagus help grind up food?
no it does not. it is a muscle that contracts in waves to pass food to the stomach.
What is peristalsis for?
peristalsis is basically the contraction and relaxation of muscle in digestive system which moves food along. for example if you have a staw with a drop of liquid in it, and you squeeze the straw just behind the liquid (this representing the muscular contraction), then the liquid will move away from where you are squeezing. so by the continuous contraction and relaxation of muscles in the walls of the digestive tract, movement of the food occurs. hence, the purpose of peristalsis is the movement of food along the digestive tract.
Why does your stomach growls when your hungry?
Because your stomach constantly churns as it adds digestive juices to food. When empty, the air transmits sound waves more easily than when the stomach is full of food.
What is the food material called when it leaves the stomach?
The food material is called chyme once it gets out of the stomach.
What is the process that causes food to move through the digestive tube?
There is a process of involuntary contraction and relaxation in successive waves within the the walls of the esophagus and intestine that forces the food along.This process is called Peristalsis.
Why does your stomach growl when youre hungry?
Because your stomach constantly churns as it adds digestive juices to food. When empty, the air transmits sound waves more easily than when the stomach is full of food.
