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Flashcards in Food is Moved Through the Gut by Peristalsis Deck (4)
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1
Q

What is there all the way down the alimentary canal?

A

Muscular tissue

2
Q

What is the muscular tissue’s job?

A

To squeeze balls of food through your gut

3
Q

What is this squeezing action called?

A

Peristalsis

4
Q

What is this squeezing action?

A

Waves of circular muscle contractions

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