Term: posterior intestine peristalsis
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Name: posterior intestine
Synonyms:
Definition: The posterior intestine has short longitudinally arranged epithelial folds which are similar to the colon of higher vertebrates.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000706]
Name: peristalsis
Synonyms:
Definition: A wavelike sequence of involuntary muscular contraction and relaxation that passes along a tubelike structure, such as the intestine, impelling the contents onwards.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0030432]    QuickGO    AmiGO