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Peristalsis is a series of wave-like contractions that moves your food from your esophagus to your stomach and small intestines. These contractions help your body absorb nutrients from your food.

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Digestive System Function. Digestion is the complicated process of turning the food you eat into nutrients, which your body uses for energy, growth, and cell repair.

Digestion describes the complex process that enables the nutrients in food to enter the body and its ... contractions help move it down to the stomach through a process called peristalsis.

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Digesting food is pushed through the small intestine by peristalsis. Peristalsis is a muscular movement in which alternating waves of muscle contraction and relaxation cause food to be squeezed ...

But what happens in your body when digesting? It can start from the first sniff of a yummy smell wafting from the kitchen—that’s all it takes for your digestive system to kick into gear.