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Food is Moved Through the Gut by Peristalsis Flashcards

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What is there all the way down the alimentary canal?

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Muscular tissue

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What is the muscular tissue’s job?

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To squeeze balls of food through your gut

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What is this squeezing action called?

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Peristalsis

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What is this squeezing action?

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Waves of circular muscle contractions

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