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What is peristalsis and where is it found?

Anonymous

∙ 9y ago

Updated: 9/7/2023

After being chewed and swallowed, the food enters the esophagus. The esophagus is a long tube that runs from the mouth to the stomach. It uses rhythmic, wave-like muscle movements (called peristalsis) to force food from the throat into the stomach. This muscle movement gives us the ability to eat or drink even when we're upside-down.

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∙ 14y ago

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What type of cells are found in the esophagus?

COLUMNAR EPITHELIAL CELLS ARE FOUND IN THE ESOPHAGUS. THEY HELP IN THE PERISTALSIS MOVEMENT OF THE OESOPHAGUS TO MOVE THE FOOD THROUGH IT TO THE STOMACH. COLUMNAR EPITHELIAL CELLS ARE FOUND IN THE ESOPHAGUS. THEY HELP IN THE PERISTALSIS MOVEMENT OF THE OESOPHAGUS TO MOVE THE FOOD THROUGH IT TO THE STOMACH.

Food moves through the digestive tract by wavelike contractions called?

Peristalsis is a series of involuntary smooth muscle contractions along the walls of the digestive tract that move food through the digestive tractperistalsis

What is the muscular contractions of the esophagus?

peristalsis.

In which place does peristalsis not occur?

. Peristalsis does not occur in the...

The squeezing motion that pushes food through the digestive system is called what?

Peristalsis.

Smooth muscle propels food through the alimentary canal by a process called?

The process in which muscles propel food through the alimentary canal is called peristalsis.

What is absence of peristalsis?

achalasia (absent or ineffective peristalsis)

Muscular contractions of digestive tract?

this is called Peristalsis

Peristalsis is example of what type of muscle?

Peristalsis is the contraction of the digestive muscles. Peristalsis is the contractions that occur in the smooth muscles of the body.

What is the name of Wave like process that moves food down the esophagus?

Peristalsis is the term for the wavelike motions of the esophagus.

What are the wave of muscle contractions that pushes food through the digestive system?

Smooth muscle in the walls of the digestive tract contract and form a movement called peristalsis.

Propulsive waves of smooth muscle contraction?

It is called peristalsis

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