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What mixes with food and helps it to move through the esophagus?
muscular contractions
What process allows you to swallow your food while standing on your head?
You can do this through the muscular contractions that are happening in your esophagus.
What moves food from the mouth by muscular waves?
peristalsis.... the reason why food travels through the esophagus into the stomach is that it is moved along by contractions of smooth muscle surrounding the esophagus. This is known as peristalsis
The rhythmic contractions of the esophagus are called what?
Peristalsis is the term for the rhythmic contractions of the esophagus. These wavelike contractions move food toward the stomach.
What mechanical process move the bolus through the esophagus?
Peristalsis is the process of wave-like muscular contractions that moves food down the esophagus into the stomach.Once it is in your throat,peristaltic actionmoves it up to your stomach
Muscular wave -like movement to transport food through the digestive system?
Is a esophagus a hollow bag with muscular walls?
No, that's the stomach. The esophagus is a hollow tube with muscular walls.
The muscular tube that leads from the mouth is the?
From the mouth to the stomach is the esophagus.
A muscular canal that carries food from the mouth to the stomach?
The esophagus is the muscular tube connecting the mouth and the stomach.
What does the esophagus in the digestive?
The esophagus is the muscular tube connecting your mouth to your stomach. The muscles are a special type, smooth muscle tissue which contracts and relaxs without conscious thought. The movement is controlled by nerve tissues ad the contractions move the food along.
Drug relieves muscular contractions?
no
Which structure keeps the acid chyme from spurting up the esophagus as the stomach undergoes muscular contractions?
The lower esophageal sphincter is the structure the keeps acid and stomach contents from spurting up the esophagus as the stomach undergoes muscular contractions. This structure is also referred to as the cardiac sphincter.
