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What is the wave like motion of the esophagus called?

The wave-like motion of the esophagus is called peristalsis. It helps move food and liquids down the esophagus and into the stomach for digestion.


Peristalsis is pendulum-like in this organ?

The pendulum-like peristalsis takes place in the stomach.


What is the name of Wave like process that moves food down the esophagus?

Peristalsis is the term for the wavelike motions of the esophagus.


What muscle pushes digesting food along in a wave-like action?

Peristaltic movement.


Describe motion of a water molecule on the surface of the ocean as a wave passes by?

it goes from crest to trough in a wave like motion. this is the right answer


What is the difference between bulk motion and wave motion?

In Bulk Motion, the actual object is moving along in a wave formation. In Wave Motion, only the wave is moving, not the material . Picture a 'wave' at a ball game. The people move up and down but not from seat to seat. This is Wave Motion.


What is it called when food moves though the digestive system by a wave like motion?

Peristalsis. The smooth muscle tissue creates the waves in the esophagus and the intestines. That's why you can eat and drink while upsidedown and digestion continues when you lie down.


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.


What are the motion of the particles like inside the medium of a transverse wave?

In a transverse wave, particles move perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. As the wave passes through the medium, particles oscillate up and down or side to side in a wave-like motion. This motion transfers energy through the medium without causing the particles to permanently move in the direction of the wave.


What is the wave like motion that helps digest food?

peristalsis


What happens to the motion of a particles as a wave asses through a medium is the motion of the particles like the motion of a mas on a spring?

In a wave passing through a medium, particles undergo oscillatory motion that is similar to the motion of a mass on a spring. As the wave travels, particles move back and forth around their equilibrium positions due to the wave's energy transferring through the medium. This oscillatory motion is characteristic of how energy is propagated in wave phenomena.


What wave vibrates parallel to the wave motion?

A transverse wave vibrates perpendicular to the direction of wave motion.