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The trachea is your windpipe, so food shouldn't go down there. However peristalsis does help push food down the Oesophagus into the stomach.

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What are the waves of contraction called that move the food to the stomach?

The waves of contraction that move food to the stomach are called peristalsis. Peristalsis is a series of coordinated muscle contractions and relaxations that work to push food along the digestive tract.


Why does the esophagus push food to the stomach?

it is because of the peristalsis


Where does peristalsis take place?

It occurs in the stomach, the esophagus and the intestines.


Why is peristalsis important to the stomach?

Peristalsis also occurs in the stomach so that it can mix the food together with stomach juices and move the partially digested food into the first part of the small intestine (known as the duodenum).


What does the stomach carry?

The esophagus carries boluses of food from the mouth to the stomach.


How does the esophogist help?

The esophagus helps move food from the mouth to the stomach through a series of coordinated muscle contractions called peristalsis. It also prevents food and fluids from going into the windpipe by closing off the trachea when swallowing.


Which place in the body does peristalsis not occur?

Peristalsis does not occur in the stomach. While the stomach does have muscular contractions for churning and mixing food, these movements are not classified as peristalsis. Peristalsis is primarily associated with the esophagus, intestines, and other tubular structures in the digestive system, where it facilitates the movement of food and waste.


Where does food move by peristalsis?

In alimentary canal from throat to stomach.


What is the name of the mechanical process that breaks up food in the stomach?

The name of the mechanical process that breaks up food in the stomach is known as peristalsis. During peristalsis, the muscles of the digestive system contract and relax, moving food along the gastrointestinal tract.


Does peristalsis help push food toward your stomach?

yes peristalsis is the wave like motion of either your esophagus pushing food( a bolus) down towards your stomach, or your small and large intestines pushing nutrients through to be processesed by the villi.


Which organs use peristalsis?

Our Oesophagus' use Peristalsis to squeeze food down into our stomach. That's all I can think of! !


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