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What is the main function of the esophagus in the human body?
The main function of the esophagus in the human body is to transport food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach through a series of muscle contractions called peristalsis.
What are the waves of contraction called that move the food to the stomach?
The waves of contraction that move food to the stomach are called peristalsis. Peristalsis is a series of coordinated muscle contractions and relaxations that work to push food along the digestive tract.
This is on a crossword for school. Contractions of GI tract.?
Peristalsis Peristaltic contractions
Which process propels the food through the digestive tract?
Peristalsis is the process that propels food through the digestive tract. It involves rhythmic contractions of the muscles in the gastrointestinal tract that push food and nutrients along the digestive system.
Which organs use peristalsis?
Our Oesophagus' use Peristalsis to squeeze food down into our stomach. That's all I can think of! !
Is a principal function of smooth muscle peristalsis?
Yes
What is an example of a involuntary body function?
Heart beat,peristalsis
What helps move undigested waste materials to help the intestines function efficiently?
feces
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
What is the muscular contractions of the esophagus?
peristalsis.
In which place does peristalsis not occur?
. Peristalsis does not occur in the...
The squeezing motion that pushes food through the digestive system is called what?
Peristalsis.
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.
What is the main function of the esophagus in the human body?
The main function of the esophagus in the human body is to transport food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach through a series of muscle contractions called peristalsis.
Muscular contractions of digestive tract?
this is called Peristalsis
What is absence of peristalsis?
achalasia (absent or ineffective peristalsis)
Peristalsis in the small intestine is the function of?
1- progression of the chyme toward the ileocecal valve 2- spread out the chyme along the intestinal mucosa as the chyme enters the intestines and elicits peristalsis the later spread the chyme along the intestine and this process intensifies as additional chyme enters the duodenum . on reaching the ileocecal valve , the chyme sometimes blocked for several hour until the person eats another meal, at that time agastroileal intensifies peristalsis in the ileum and force the remaining chyme
