It took place on the same ground as the First Battle of Bull Run. The battles took place around the city of Manassas, which is in Prince William County, Virginia. These battlâ¦es are also known as the First and Second Manassas.
The involuntary motion that moves food through the alimentary canal is called peristalsis and is a wavelike contraction and relaxation of the intestinal wall smooth muscles. It pushes food along the intestine.
peristalsis. 1. Rhythmic contractions in the walls of tubular organs that push the contents onward, e.g. food in the intestine. 2. Waves of muscular contraction that force substances through passageways, such as the alimentary canal.oun. 1. peristalsis-the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along. vermiculation.