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Accession
GO:0030432
Name
peristalsis
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A wavelike sequence of involuntary muscular contraction and relaxation that passes along a tubelike structure, such as the intestine, impelling the contents onwards. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0030432 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of peristalsis (GO:0030432)
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peristalsis [is_a relation] is_a  phasic smooth muscle contraction (GO:0014821)
Children of peristalsis (GO:0030432)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
ureteric peristalsis (GO:0072105) [is_a relation] is_a  peristalsis
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Peristalsis