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Describe peristalsis's role in indigestion.

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peristalsis pushes the digesting food through the small intestine.
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Peristalsis squeezes your esophageal muscles from top to bottom. This pushes food and liquid along. If you could see peristalsis, it would look like a wave passing down your esophagus. To keep food and liquids moving in the right direction, your digestive tract has special muscles along its course called sphincters.

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