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What is called the movement that mainly serves to mix foodstuff?
The movement that mainly serves to mix foodstuff in the stomach is called churning. This process involves the stomach muscles contracting and mixing food with digestive juices to help break it down for absorption.
What watery liquid moves from the stomach to the small intestine?
The watery liquid that moves from the stomach to the small intestine is called chyme. Chyme is a mixture of partially digested food, stomach acid, and enzymes that is produced in the stomach to aid in digestion and absorption of nutrients in the small intestine.
Is saliva produced in stomach too?
No. Saliva is produced by salivary glands, which are not found in the stomach.
What muscle is the stomach made up of?
The stomach is made of smooth involuntary muscles.
What The stomach uterus and bladder are lined with what?
Smooth muscles
Why during your menstruation your stomach is acing?
Your muscles in your uterus are contracting in order to shed the lining in the uterus to rid it from your body.
When you laugh a lot why does your stomach hurt?
It is not your stomach, it is your diaphragm under your stomach that is hurting. Laughing interferes with your breathing rythm When you laugh a lot you are contracting and relaxing your muscles in your stomach, kinda like doing a lot of curlups.
What is chyme produced in?
Chyme is the name for the mixture formed by the churning and digestion of food in the stomach.
Is it mechanical or chemical that in stomach muscles contract to grind food into a pulpy mixture?
The grinding of food in the stomach is primarily a mechanical process. Stomach muscles contract to mix and break down food into a pulpy mixture, known as chyme, through a process of churning. While chemical digestion also occurs due to gastric juices, the physical action of the muscles is what primarily facilitates the grinding.
What muscles are same as stomach muscles?
Stomach muscles
How do you lose your stomach without doing sit ups?
Sit ups tone muscles, but you can lose some of your stomach just by weight loss. If you still need to tone up, just try contracting your stomach muscles when you're sitting down. Try to contract them for as long as you can; you should see an improvement after a week.
How does the esophagus help the human body?
Transports consumed material to the internal organs. It can push food and drink down to the stomach.
How can be swallow the food if you are upside down?
If I remember correctly, Peristalsis is what allows this to happen. Hope that helps :)
What the function on the muscular system?
Some muscles are attached tobones.They enable to move by contracting and relaxing.Other muscles are those in the heart,stomach and intestines.When you eat and the food goes down to your stomach and intestines,the muscles in your stomach and intestines contract and relax to move the food. Muscles at your heart also contract and relax to help the heart to pump blood to the other parts of the body.
Peristalsis is pendulum-like in this organ?
The pendulum-like peristalsis takes place in the stomach.
Is it true or false smooth muscles in the stomach are capable of mechanical digestion?
True. Smooth muscles in the stomach play a crucial role in mechanical digestion by contracting rhythmically to churn and mix the food with gastric juices. This process helps break down food into smaller particles and facilitates the enzymatic digestion that follows.
Chyme is created in the?
Chyme is created in the stomach through the mixing of food with gastric juices containing hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes. This semi-liquid mixture is then passed into the small intestine for further digestion and absorption of nutrients.
