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Explain the role of PERISTALSIS during your food’s time in the esophagus as it travels to the stomach.

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Peristalsis helps in storing food, breaking down food down and mixing it with juices secreted by stomach lining. Peristalsis in stomach helps in partial digestion of food called chyme.

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