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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.

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