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How many layers of tissue from the walls of the digestive tract?
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Four layers of tissue form the walls of the digestive tract. These layers are called mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa and adventitia.
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The walls of the GI tract are composed of how many layers of tissue?
It contains four layers
What are the four layers of the tissue found in the walls of the gastrointestinal tract?
Mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, serosa
The mechanical and chemical receptors that control digestive activity are located?
In the walls of the tract organs
What kind of Involuntary muscle is found in the walls of blood vessels and in the digestive tract?
Smooth muscle tissue is the type of muscle tissue found in the walls of many organs and blood vessels in the body.
What kind of digestive tract neural reflex involves only the nerve plexuses that lie in the walls of the digestive tract itself?
short reflexes
Smooth muscle can be found in the walls of blood vessels and in the?
digestive tract
Striated muscles are located in the walls of internal organs such as the digestive tract?
true
Series of involuntary muscle contractions along the walls of the digestive tract?
Peristalsis.
Do the walls of the blood vessels and digestive tract contain striated muscle?
no this is smooth muscles
What muscle helps move food through your digestive system?
Smooth muscle is involuntary tissue. It is not controlled by the brain. Smooth muscle forms the muscle layers in the walls of organs such as the lower part of the esophagus, stomach and intestines.
Which two actions help to propel a bolus of food through the digestive tract?
Propulsion is the movement of food down the esophagus and peristalsis is the contractions in the stomach walls that moves food through the digestive tract.
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
