NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

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: -Intestinal motility. Peristalsis is a series of muscle contractions. These contractions occur in your digestive tract. Peristalsis is also seen in the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder. Peristalsis is an automatic and important process.

Detailed explanation-3: -Primary peristalsis is initiated by a swallow and is the main source of esophageal transit whereas distension-induced or secondary peristalsis functions to maintain an empty esophagus by clearing refluxate from the stomach [1] in the absence of swallowing.