The Pattern of Muscle Contraction That Moves Through the GI

question 32

Multiple Choice

The pattern of muscle contraction that moves through the GI tract is called

• A) periodontosis.
• B) periostosis.
• C) peristalsis.
• D) peristole.

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Definitions:

Middle Passage

The sea voyage segment of the triangular slave trade route, infamously brutal, that transported enslaved Africans to the Americas.

Pre-enslavement

The historical period or the conditions experienced by individuals or communities before they were subjected to slavery.

Slave Passage

Refers historically to the Middle Passage, the traumatic sea voyage that transported millions of Africans to the Americas as part of the transatlantic slave trade.

Reconstruction

The period after the American Civil War during which the Southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union, or more broadly, any period of rebuilding after significant destruction.