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Food moves through the digestive tract as a result of peristaltic motion, or peristalsis.

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What is the wave of muscular movement that pushes food through the digestion system?

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What is the squeezing movement called that pushes food through the digestive system?

peristalsis


A bolus is conducted from the mouth past the diaphragm through the?

esophagus before entering the stomach for digestion. Movement within these structures is facilitated by peristalsis, a wave-like muscular contraction that pushes food along the digestive tract.


How is food moved along the alimentary canal?

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What is the esophagas job?

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What is the movement the pushes food down called?

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