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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.


Is a esophagus a hollow bag with muscular walls?

No, the esophagus is a muscular tube that connects the throat (pharynx) with the stomach. It serves as a pathway for food and liquids to travel from the mouth to the stomach through a series of muscle contractions called peristalsis.


Muscular waves or contractions that move food are called?

Peristalsis is the term used to describe the muscular waves or contractions that move food through the digestive tract. These contractions help propel the food from the esophagus to the stomach and then through the intestines for digestion and absorption of nutrients.


What is perstalisis?

Peristalsis is the coordinated muscular contractions that move food through the digestive system. These contractions help push food from the esophagus to the stomach and then through the intestines for digestion and absorption of nutrients.


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


What three areas of the body does peristalsis occur?

Peristalsis occurs in the esophagus, the stomach, and the intestines. It involves coordinated muscular contractions that push food and liquids through the digestive tract.


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 organ system works with the muscular system to control muscular contractions?

The nervous system works with the muscular system to control muscular contractions. Motor neurons in the nervous system send signals to the muscles to initiate and coordinate contractions.