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Figure 25.6 Ureter Peristaltic contractions help to move urine through the lumen with contributions from fluid pressure and gravity.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

If your bowels weren’t regular, he’d dose you with his own Peristaltic Persuader.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Peristaltic movements are constantly taking place in the digestive tract.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Peristaltic movements occur in the digestive tract almost constantly, with only short intervals, and these cells get their rest between their movements.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Peristaltic, per-i-stalt′ik, adj. noting the involuntary muscular action of the alimentary canal, by which it forces its contents onwards.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various