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Which layer of the alimentary canal contracts in order to move materials through the canal?
Muscular layer
Which layer of the wall of the alimentary canal contracts to move materials through the canal?
The muscular layer, known as the muscularis externa, contracts to facilitate the movement of materials through the alimentary canal. This layer is made up of smooth muscle that helps propel food and waste products through the digestive system via peristalsis.
What is the distal end of the alimentary canal?
The distal end of the alimentary canal is the anus, where waste materials are expelled from the body.
The digestive tract is also called the alimentary canal?
The digestive tract is called alimentary canal because its parts form a long tube through which we absorb the nutrition in our food. The word "alimentary" comes from the Latin word for nourishment, alimentum.
Why is peristalsis useful?
It moves ingested materials through the alimentary canal at a consistent rate preventing material from rotting.
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.
Where Food is moved through the alimentary canal?
colon
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 is the path of a bolus of food through the alimentary canal?
stomach
Use alimentary canal in a sentence?
What are the other names in medicine for the alimentary canal?
How does food and water enter the Alimentary Canal?
Through the mouth
What is the canal of the digestive system?
The alimentary canal or the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
