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Peristalsis: Definition, Function & Problems - Cleveland Clinic
Peristalsis is a type of involuntary muscle movement that occurs in your digestive system. It begins in your throat when you swallow, and continues to propel ...
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Peristalsis - Wikipedia
Peristalsis is progression of coordinated contraction of involuntary circular muscles, which is preceded by a simultaneous contraction of the longitudinal ...
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Physiology, Peristalsis - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Peristalsis is the involuntary contraction and relaxation of longitudinal and circular muscles throughout the digestive tract.
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peristalsis
‖ peristalsis Physiol. (pɛrɪˈstælsɪs) [mod.L., repr. a. Gr. περίσταλσις, cf. περισταλτ-ικός in next.] Peristaltic movement: see next.1859 Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. V. 313/1 A peristalsis..which sets out from the cardiac extremity. 1875 H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 38 Diarrhœa, due to a violently increas...
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Peristalsis - Health Video: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Peristalsis is a series of wave-like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract. It starts in the esophagus where strong ...
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Peristalsis: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Peristalsis is a series of muscle contractions. These contractions occur in your digestive tract. Peristalsis is also seen in the tubes that connect the ...
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Peristalsis - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Peristalsis is the wave of contraction that propels gastrointestinal contents distally along the GI tract, but normally only a few centimetres at a time. It is ...
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Peristalsis | Physiology, Anatomy & Function - Britannica
Peristalsis, involuntary movements of the longitudinal and circular muscles, primarily in the digestive tract but occasionally in other hollow tubes of the ...
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Definition of peristalsis - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
The rippling motion of muscles in the intestine or other tubular organs characterized by the alternate contraction and relaxation of the muscles that propel ...
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Physiology, Peristalsis - PubMed
Peristalsis is the involuntary contraction and relaxation of longitudinal and circular muscles throughout the digestive tract.
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Glyceridae
Characteristics
Pointy snout used for burrowing in sediment
No septa in anterior part of bodies
Rely on peristalsis to move
Explosively evert pharynx into
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-sis, suffix repr. Gr. -σις in nouns of action, as in analysis, arsis, merisis, peristalsis, etc. Also in some nouns denoting a specified diseased state, as filariasis, phthisis, psittacosis, sepsis.
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Retroperistalsis
Retroperistalsis is the reverse of the involuntary smooth muscle contractions of peristalsis. It usually occurs as a precursor to vomiting.
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are kidneys and ureters congenital
It is lined by urothelial cells, a type of transitional epithelium, and has an additional smooth muscle layer that assists with peristalsis.
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Superior mesenteric artery syndrome
in contrast to direct peristalsis. The possible persistence of symptoms after surgical bypass can be traced to the remaining prominence of reversed peristalsis in contrast to direct peristalsis
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