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Is a intestine a involuntary or voluntary muscli?

smooth muscle pushes food through the intestine and smooth muscle is a involuntary muscle


What is the muscle action that pushes food down the esophagus and through the intestines called?

It is called deglutition.


What muscle pushes digesting food along in a wave-like action?

Peristaltic movement.


Is a tear in an abdominal muscle called a hernia?

No, a tear in an abdominal muscle is called a muscle strain or muscle pull. A hernia is a separate condition where an internal organ pushes through a weak spot in the surrounding muscle or tissue.


How does the large intestines help the body to eliminate waste?

sa paguudo...... the large intestine pushes down the "feces"


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.


How does muscle flex?

The muscle pushes against the other muscle that does the opposite action. Take the bicep for example the bicep pulls while the tricep also pulls. the two muscles cancel each other out, but while still pulling making the muscle more showing.


What type of muscle is used for heart beating and food digestion?

The smooth muscles in the walls of the digestive system contract to keep food moving through the alimentary canal. In the small intestine, there are circular and longitudinal muscles which together produce the pinching and squeezing movement we call peristalsis. The heart itself is made of muscle, a special kind called cardiac muscle, and its contractions are what pushes the blood around.


Muscle that pulls or pushes the lungs?

Diaphram


What pushes food through the small intestine?

Intestines are lined with what are called smooth muscle tissue. These muscles differ primarily from the muscles attached, for example, to your joints in that their movement is rhythmic and involuntarily controlled. (The heart is another example of smooth muscle movement.) It is this rhythmic, involuntary contraction that moves food through the intestines.


What type of muscle is the Intestinal wall?

smooth muscles makes up the intestinal wall whereas skeletal muscles would make up your biceps, triceps, and any other part of your body that you consciously control.Involuntary smooth muscle.Smooth muscle lines the intestines, and contracts in waves to push food along.Smooth musclesmooth muscleThe type of muscle that the pushes food down to the intestines is called smooth muscle tissue. This is an involuntary non-straited muscle that is found within the walls of blood vessels.Yes smooth muscles are the muscles found in small intestine


What is the part of a gun that pushes bullets down a .22 rifle that you load under the barrel?

It is called a tubular magazine. the action