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Systems Working Together

An explanation of how the muscular system interacts with the digestive system to make the body function properly.

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Food moves through the digestive system with a wave-like motion called peristalsis. Muscles in the walls of the hollow organs contract and relax to cause this movement, which pushes food through the esophagus into the stomach.Apr 25, 2018

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