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What is the muscular movement responsible for the movement of food through the alimentary canal?
The muscular movement of the intestinal canal is called peristalsis.
What causes movement of food inside the alimentary canal?
Peristalsis - the wavelike motion of the intestinal wall smooth muscles that push the food forward.
What is the movement of food in the oesophagus?
Peristalsis is the movement of food through the alimentary canal, caused by rhythmic contractions of the muscles therein.
Name the part of the alimentary canal where food enters the alimentary canal?
mouth (oesophagus)
What happens alimentary canal?
It transports partly-digested food from the mouth down to the stomach . The food moves down by the movement of a wave-like pattern called ' peristalsis' .
What must occur so food can pass though the wall of the alimentary canal?
For food to properly pass through the alimentary canal, digestion must first occur. The process of moving food through the alimentary canal is called propulsion.
What is the path of food in a person?
Alimentary canal.
Why is the liver not part of the alimentary canal?
Think of the alimentary canal as being a tube that carries and processes food. The liver processes/cleans blood and stores energy, and is not directly associated with the processing of food...therefore not part of the alimentary canal.
Where Food is moved through the alimentary canal?
colon
Where does food move by peristalsis?
In alimentary canal from throat to stomach.
What is the path of a bolus of food through the alimentary canal?
stomach
What is a wave like muscular movement that pushes food through the alimentary canal is known as the?
Food moves through the digestive tract as a result of peristaltic motion, or peristalsis.
