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Food is pushed down the oesophagus by a series of contractions. The part of the oesophagus just above the ball of food contracts and pushes it down. then it relaxes and the next part of the oesophagus contracts. this wavelike movement, controlled by muscles, is called peristalsis. It occurs all the way down the alimentary canal.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 15y agoPeristalsis is a distinctive pattern of smooth muscle contractions that propels foodstuffs distally through the esophagus and intestines.
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∙ 12y agoPeristalsis is the movement of your muscles pushing down the bolus into the stomach or into the large intestine.
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∙ 15y agoPeristalsis is a series of organized muscle contractions that occur throughout the digestive tract.
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∙ 12y agomuscle contractions: the waves of involuntary muscle contractions that transport food, waste matter, or other contents through a tube-shaped organ such as the intestine.
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What system has perstalsis?
the digestive system more specifically the large intestine
Which layer of the alimentary canal is responsible for segmentation and peristalsis?
the smooth muscles are responsible for perstalsis and segmentation, so that means its the muscularis externa. :)
Food moves through the digestive tract by wavelike contractions called?
Peristalsis is a series of involuntary smooth muscle contractions along the walls of the digestive tract that move food through the digestive tractperistalsis
