PATHOLOGY MCQ
URINARY SYSTEM
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Question
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successive muscular contractions along the wall of a hollow muscular structure
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peristalsis
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bacteria
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bladder infections
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None of the above
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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: -(payr-ih-STAL-sis) The rippling motion of muscles in the intestine or other tubular organs characterized by the alternate contraction and relaxation of the muscles that propel the contents onward.
Detailed explanation-3: -Because of the reliance of the peristaltic reflex on the myenteric plexus, it is also referred to as the myenteric reflex.
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