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What is the muscular contractions of the esophagus?
peristalsis.
What mixes with food and helps it to move through the esophagus?
muscular contractions
What process allows you to swallow your food while standing on your head?
You can do this through the muscular contractions that are happening in your esophagus.
Is a esophagus a hollow bag with muscular walls?
No, the esophagus is a muscular tube that connects the throat (pharynx) with the stomach. It serves as a pathway for food and liquids to travel from the mouth to the stomach through a series of muscle contractions called peristalsis.
Muscular waves or contractions that move food are called?
Peristalsis is the term used to describe the muscular waves or contractions that move food through the digestive tract. These contractions help propel the food from the esophagus to the stomach and then through the intestines for digestion and absorption of nutrients.
When you swallow the muscular movement carry the food along this structure to the stomach?
Esophagus
The what is a muscular structure at the anterior end of the digestive tract?
I will take a guess at this question. I think it is the Cardiac Sphincter.
What is perstalisis?
Peristalsis is the coordinated muscular contractions that move food through the digestive system. These contractions help push food from the esophagus to the stomach and then through the intestines for digestion and absorption of nutrients.
What moves food from the mouth by muscular waves?
peristalsis.... the reason why food travels through the esophagus into the stomach is that it is moved along by contractions of smooth muscle surrounding the esophagus. This is known as peristalsis
What mechanical process move the bolus through the esophagus?
Peristalsis is the process of wave-like muscular contractions that moves food down the esophagus into the stomach.Once it is in your throat,peristaltic actionmoves it up to your stomach
What muscular tube passes behind the trachea?
The muscular tube that passes behind the trachea is the esophagus. It serves as the conduit for food and liquids to travel from the throat to the stomach. The esophagus is situated posterior to the trachea and extends down the neck and into the thoracic cavity. Its muscular walls facilitate the movement of ingested materials through peristaltic contractions.
The structure joining the pharynx to the stomach is the?
The structure joining the pharynx to the stomach is the esophagus. It is a muscular tube that helps transport food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach through a process called peristalsis.
