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noun - the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
PERISTALSIS - Peristalsis is a radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagates in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction. In m...
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| It's the wavelike muscular contractions of the alimentary canal that move food through the digestive system |
| Gravity isn't required to move food down to your stomach; this process moves it down the esophagus |
| From the Greek, this squeezing motion pushes food down the esophagus |
| Alimentary, my dear! waves of contractions moving swallowed food through the esophagus are called this |
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| The wavelike muscular contractions of the alimentary canal or other tubular structures by which contents are forced onward toward the opening. |
| the involuntary constriction and relaxation of the muscles of the intestine or another canal, creating wave-like movements which push the contents of the canal forward. |
| the process of wave-like muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along |
| the repeated movements made by the muscle walls in the digestive tract tightening and then relaxing that push food and waste through the body |
| the repeated movements made in the tube that carries food away from the stomach, which push food and waste through the body |
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Peristalsis is a radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagates in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction. * In much of a digestive tract such as the human gastrointestinal tract, smooth muscle tissue contracts in sequence to produce a peristaltic wave, which propels a ball of food (called a bolus while in the esophagus and upper gastrointestinal tract and chyme in the stomach) along the tract. Peristaltic movement comprises relaxation of circular smooth muscles, then their contraction behind the chewed material to keep it from moving backward, then longitudinal contraction to push it forward. * Earthworms use a similar mechanism to drive their locomotion, and some modern machinery imitates this design. * The word comes from New Latin and is derived from the Greek peristellein, "to wrap around," from peri-, "around" + stellein, "draw in, bring together; set in order". |