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A number of things aid in the movement of food through the gut. Peristalsis is a huge contributer, it is small muscle contractions that occur throughout the digestive system. It help moves food down the esophagus. The cardiac sphincter then allows food to enter the stomach where food again is mixed and moved by peristalsis. Food sits in the reservoir of the stomach as chyme(the mixed up mush of the food we ate) where finally the pyloric sphincter allows it into the small intestine without backing up. Again peristalsis works to push it through the intestines to eventually be excreted as waste.
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What is the process that moves food through the digestive tract?
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In earthworms how is food passed through the digestive tract?
The food is passed through the digestive tract when the worm moves. The movement causes the muscles to contract and move the food through the system.
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.
The movement of food through the digestive tract is regulated by?
The movement of food through the digestive tract is regulated by muscles. Muscles produce a narrowing which pushes the food through each of the digestive organs until it reaches the entrance of the stomach.
What are the nutrients that moves through the digestive tract?
Fiber is the nutrient that helps move food through the digestive tract. It provides bulk, which activates the stretch receptors in the muscles of the digestive tract, stimulating them to activity.
Which two actions help to propel a bolus of food through the digestive tract?
Propulsion is the movement of food down the esophagus and peristalsis is the contractions in the stomach walls that moves food through the digestive tract.
What moves around food in the body?
Food moves through the digestive tract.
Which part of the brain assists the digestive system by moving food through the digestive tract?
Hypothalamus. Answer for A+
How do dinosaurs feed on food?
By consuming it through their mouths and digestive tract.
How does food move through an earthworm's digestive tract?
it wiggles its way through the soil.
What part of the brain assist the digestive system by moving food through the digestive tract?
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When digestive enzymes act on food as it passes through the digestive tract?
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