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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.
What Two regions of the digestive tract where mechanical food breakdown occur?
oral cavity and stomach
What is the process that moves food through the digestive tract?
PeristalsisPeristalsis
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.
Name two regions of the digestive tract where mechanical food breakdown processes are very important?
The mouth (by chewing) and the stomach (by gastric motion).
What moves around food in the body?
Food moves through the digestive tract.
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.
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.
How does food move through an earthworm's digestive tract?
it wiggles its way through the soil.
How do dinosaurs feed on food?
By consuming it through their mouths and digestive tract.
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.
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.
