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What is the name for the muscular contractions that push food through the digestive system?

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circular muscles - which reduce the diameter of the gut when they contract
longitudinal muscles - which reduce the length of the gut when they contract
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I think it is the small/large intestine. It isn't the name of the muscle, but it is the bigger muscle/organ
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