ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
DIGESTION IN HUMANS
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Question
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Which of the following is NOT true about peristalsis?
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Moves food along the digestive system
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Involves involuntary muscular contractions
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starts in the mouth and continues through the rectum
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starts in the esophagus and ends in the large intestine
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Peristalsis is a series of wave-like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract. It starts in the esophagus where strong wave-like motions of the smooth muscle move balls of swallowed food to the stomach.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement best describes peristalsis? Peristalsis moves the food along the digestive tract.
Detailed explanation-3: -The intestines process your food along this journey through a series of wave-like movements called peristalsis. Paralytic ileus is the paralysis of these movements. It means that the muscles or nerve signals that trigger peristalsis have stopped working, and the food in your intestines isn’t moving.
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