alleryStart learning →Food moves down the food pipe by waves of squeezing muscles. What are these waves called?
AChewing food
BDeep breathing
CPeristalsis
DSwallowing air
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Peristalsis
Peristalsis is the rhythmic squeezing of muscles that pushes food along.
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