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How does mucus help in passage of food ?

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Mucus helps in lubricating and protecting the esophageal wall and helps the bolus to slide down easily in the esophagus
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VGS PUBLICATION-BRILLIANT-COORDINATION IN LIFE PROCESSES -QUESTIONS GIVEN IN THE LESSON (1 MARK QUESTIONS)
  1. What does the schematic diagram tell us about the esophagus ?

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  2. What kind of the tube is esophagus ?

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  3. How does mucus help in passage of food ?

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  4. What makes the movement of the food bolus in the esophagus easy ?

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  5. Why do you think the stomach is structured like a bag rather than a tu...

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  6. Why do you think the stomach is structured like a bag rather than a tu...

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  7. What sets such processes into action ?

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  8. What stimulates stomach muscle into action ?

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  9. What causes the stomach to churn and mix the food ?

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  10. Why should only a small quantity of food be passed from stomach do duo...

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  11. What is involved in bringing of about peristalsis?

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  12. What is the direction of peristalsis ( which end of the gut does it be...

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  13. What happens if the direction of present is reversed ?

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  14. Why do you think small intestine is long and coiled ?

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  15. What process is involved in this process of absorption ?

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  16. What is the relation between finger -like structures and paper folds?

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  17. What systems do you think are working together ?

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  18. Do you think those systems work together in the whole length of the di...

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  19. Often you may have experienced that if you have tension for some reaso...

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  20. What moves out of the gut ?

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