10. What are peristaltic
movements? What is their role
in human digestion?

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Peristalsisis the processof
contractions of the
wall of the tube.
Peristaltic movements occur from
the until and including
bowels.

The peristaltic are
involuntary and have the function
moving and mixing along the
digestive . Peristaltic movement
deficiency, example, in case
injuries of the of the
muscular of the digestive
caused by Chagas’ , can lead to
interruption of the traffic inside
the and to severe
consequences like megacolon (
enlargement of the ) and
megaesophagus (enlargement the
esophagus).