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Does gravity help peristalsis?
Gravity does not directly help peristalsis, which is the involuntary contraction and relaxation of muscles that helps move food through the digestive tract. Peristalsis is controlled by the enteric nervous system in the gastrointestinal tract. Gravity can slightly assist in moving food down the esophagus when swallowing, but peristalsis is the main force that propels food through the digestive system.
What is the voluntary phase of swallowing called?
peristalsis is voluntary, the pharyngeal-esophageal is the invoulantary movements of swallowing!
What is the medical term meaning muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus?
By peristalsis movement .peristalsis
What is the muscular movement of the esophagus when swallowing food parts?
The muscular movement of the esophagus when swallowing food parts.....is not the symbiosis,statis and metabolism it is the PERISTALSIS........that's all I hope I can help........
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.
What is happening in a bolus of food as it passes along the esophagus?
Starch is being digested.
What is the scientific name for eater?
The scientific name for the human species is Homo sapiens.
Which of the following is a feature of the muscular actions of digestion?
Peristalsis begins first in the stomach upon the initiation of the swallowing reflex
How does the intestines help the human body?
They assist to expel waste from the body by a system called "peristalsis"
It pushes food to the back of the mouth prior to swallowing?
The tongue helps move food to the back of the mouth through a series of muscular contractions, called peristalsis, which helps facilitate the swallowing process. This movement also helps mix saliva with the food to form a bolus for easier swallowing.
About what disorders involving esophageal function can fluoroscopy provide important information?
cricopharyngeal achalasia (a swallowing disorder of the throat); decreased or reverse peristalsis; and hiatal hernia.
Is the esophagus voluntary?
The esophagus is primarily controlled by involuntary muscle contractions called peristalsis, which moves food from the mouth to the stomach. However, we can control the movement of food voluntarily to some extent, such as during swallowing.
