Muscular Movements That Mix Food in the Lumen of the Small

Question

Muscular movements that mix food in the lumen of the small intestine are referred to as
A) elimination.
B) secretion.
C) absorption.
D) muscularis.
E) segmentation.

Accepted Answer

Segmentation refers to the muscular movements in the small intestine that mix food with digestive juices and facilitate absorption by repeatedly dividing and moving the intestinal contents back and forth.