1 As a gas, water takes the form of steam. 2  In steam, molecules move around at high speeds, independently of each other. 3  Because the molecules are not bound to each other, a gas has no fixed shape or fixed volume.
Split and merge into it. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. the part of the alimentary canal responsible for peristalsis is the oesophagus or the food pipe.by wave like movements of the smooth muscles on the wall of the food pipe the food is sent to the stomach.he four basic tissue layers of the alimentary canal are: Mucosa, Submucosa, Muscularis externa, and the Serosa. From outer to inner: serosa, external muscle layer consisting of  outer circular and inner longitudinal, submucosa and mucous  membrane. 28 people found this useful.
The ridge in the upper part of the picture is the high pressure of the upper esophageal sphincter which only opens for a short time to let water pass. Peristalsis is a radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagates in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction.