muscularis
It contractS and relaxes to churn the food and mix it with the bile and other digestive enzymes.
The third layer, the obliquely oriented layer, of smooth muscle in its muscularis externa allows the stomach to churn, mix, and pummel the food, physically reducing it into smaller pieces.
It allows the stomach to move food along the tract, but also to churn, mix, and pummel food, physically breaking down food into smaller fragments
Chyme
The stomach and it's acids churn the food when you eat.
The muscle tissue is modified to form layers that are perpendicular to each other. This allows the stomach to churn (peristalsis) in different directions so as to hasten the physical and chemical breakdown of foods.
The primary body parts that churn food into smaller pieces are the stomach and the intestines. The stomach uses muscular contractions, known as peristalsis, along with gastric juices to break down food into a semi-liquid form called chyme. Once the food passes into the intestines, further churning and mixing occur, aided by intestinal muscles and digestive enzymes, facilitating nutrient absorption.
The stomach.
The stomach.
The peristaltic wave moves food along the digestive tract by contracting and relaxing the smooth muscles in the walls of the organs. It also helps to mix and churn the food with digestive enzymes and fluids for optimal digestion.
Yes, so it can digest and churn food around.
The stomach contains a third oblique layer of smooth muscle fibers, in addition to the inner circular and outer longitudinal layers. This unique arrangement allows the stomach to effectively churn and mix food with gastric juices, facilitating digestion. The oblique layer enhances the stomach's ability to perform complex movements necessary for breaking down food.