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Peristalsis moves food down the digestive track to keep it going, like a conveyor belt.
It moves the food along like a conveyor belt, so each portion of the digestive tract can extract nutrition from the food we take in.
Pushing the foods downward to the stomach.
Peristalsis is the process in which the bolus(food) is moved from the mouth to the stomach. Peristalsis occours in the esophagus and it is wave like motions in which push the food downward to the stomach
Peristalsis moves food down the digestive track to keep it going, like a conveyor belt.
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What uses peristalsis and pepsin to aid digestion?
The stomach uses peristalsis and pepsin to aid digestion.
What is peristalsis and how does it aid in digestion?
Contraction of smooth muscles to carry contents through the digestive tract. Examples are in the esophagus and small intestine.
Does digestion start before peristalsis takes place?
Yes, digestion starts in the mouth, before peristalsis takes place. The mouth breaks up food, and starts the chemical digestion of starches.
Swallowing and peristalsis both assist in what?
mechanical digestion
Is peristalsis chemical digestion or mechanical?
It's mechanical. Peristalsis includes muscles moving material through the digestive system.Yes
What is the tube through which food moves via peristalsis but no digestion takes place?
The esophagus moves food via peristalsis, but no digestion occurs in the esophagus. It connects the mouth and stomach.
What is the function of peristalsis?
Peristalsis is a series of coordinated muscle contractions that help move food and liquids through the digestive system. This process starts in the esophagus and continues through the stomach and intestines, aiding in the digestion and absorption of nutrients.
What does peristalsis in the stomach do?
Peristalsis is a series of muscular contractions which moves food, in its various stages of digestion, through the alimentary canal.
What is the name for the muscular contrations which push food through the digestion?
Peristalsis
What are the mechanical action of digestion?
Its just the physical action i think.
What two processes in the large intestine produces feces?
Digestion and peristalsis.
Is the large intestine mechanical digestion or chemical?
The large intestine is mechanical digestion; it absorbs water and is involved in peristalsis. It has nothing to do with enzymes, which is chemical digestion.
