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Peristalsis starts in the back of the tongue and moves food down the esophagus to the stomach. The food is later squeezed into the small intestines where peristalsis moves the food 'bolus' (BOW-luss) down the small intestines to the large intestine, or colon.
Peristalsis in the colon moves the bolus into the rectum, which makes you feel like you have to go to the bathroom. Peristalsis in the colon and rectum force the bolus down and out and into the toilet.
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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.
How does the food move in the intestine?
Peristalsis, elves, and magic.
Food moves through the digestive tract by wavelike contractions called?
Peristalsis is a series of involuntary smooth muscle contractions along the walls of the digestive tract that move food through the digestive tractperistalsis
Is peristalsis is chemical change?
No, peristalsis is not a chemical change. Peristalsis is the coordinated muscle contractions that help move food through the digestive system. It is a mechanical process, not a chemical one.
What is muscular waves that move materials along the digestive tract?
Peristalsis. The process of peristalsis begins in the esophagus when a bolus of food is swallowed.
Where does food move by peristalsis?
In alimentary canal from throat to stomach.
What is the process that causes food to move along the digestive system?
"peristalsis"
What Does peristalsis have to do with the esophagus?
Smooth muscles in the wall of an esophagus move food downward with a squeezing action. These waves of muscle contractions move food through the entire digestive tract. This process is called peristalsis.
What is the name For the muscular contractions that move food though the alimentary canal?
PERISTALSIS
What processes provides the force necessary to move food through the intestine?
it is peristalsis
Involuntary muscle contractions that move the food through the digestive system?
peristalsis
What is the medical term meaning muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus?
By peristalsis movement .peristalsis
