Question

What is the name of the muscular contraction that moves food along the gut?

Answer 1

Answer:

Peristalsis

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Answer 2

Answer:

Peristalsis is a series of wave-like muscle contractions that moves food to different processing stations in the digestive tract. The process of peristalsis begins in the esophagus when a bolus of food is swallowed.