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What is the term for the movement of food through the digestive tract by muscular contractions?
AMastication
BDeglutition
CPeristalsis
DAbsorption
✓ Correct Answer: C — Peristalsis
Peristalsis is a series of wave-like muscle contractions that moves food to different processing stations in the digestive tract.
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