What causes movement of food inside the alimentary canal?
Answered Feb 05, 2023
The wall of alimentary canal contains muscle layers. Rhythmic contraction and relaxation of these muscles pushes the food forward. This is called peristalsis, which occurs all along the gut.
Peristalsis is the process that cause movement of food inside the alimentary canal.
(d) Mouth → oesophagus → stomach → small intestine → large intestine
(b) Small intestine
(d) Small intestine
Hints— Mouth cavity Oesophagus Stomach Intestine
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Alimentary Canal consists of mouth (with teeth and tongue), oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum.
(d) the contraction of muscles in the wall of food pipe.
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