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_______________ is a series of wavelike contractions of circular and longitudinal layers of smooth muscle that push food from one end of the digestive tract to the other.

_______________ is a series of wavelike contractions of circular and longitudinal layers of smooth muscle that push food from one end of the digestive tract to the other.
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_______________ is a series of wavelike contractions of circular and longitudinal layers of smooth muscle that push food from one end of the digestive tract to the other.

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It is called peristalsis. 
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