MEDICAL
RECTUM AND ANUS
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Question
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Peristalsis refers to
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one of the digestive organs
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the action of the stomach
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heart rate increasing
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smooth muscles moving food through the digestive system
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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: -Peristalsis is an automatic and important process. It moves: Food through the digestive system. Urine from the kidneys into the bladder.
Detailed explanation-3: -Peristalsis is a distinctive pattern of smooth muscle contractions that propels foodstuffs distally through the esophagus and intestines.
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