oesophagus
From the mouth, the food passes into the stomach through a long tube called the food
pipe or oesophagus. The food passes through the oesophagus by wave-like contractions
and relaxations of the walls of the food pipe. This wave-like movement is known as
peristaltic movement, No digestion takes place in the oesophagus. descibe peristaltic movement
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Peristalsis, involuntary movements of the longitudinal and circular muscles, primarily in the digestive tract but occasionally in other hollow tubes of the body, that occur in progressive wavelike contractions. Peristaltic waves occur in the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
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therefore, peristaltic movement is trhe movement of the longitudinal and circular muscules found in the digestive tract . this movement occurs in progressive wave-like contractions. it occurs in the eosophagus, the stomach and the intestines.
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