The next day I ran into a mutual friend who had also been at the party. He mentioned that he saw me talking to Chava. I had recently learned that chava means girl, so I told him that I hadnât talked to una chava at the party. So he laughed and set me straight: Chava is a nickname for Salvador, a manâs name. Frutos Prohibidos, Condesa neighborhood, Mexico City. Just as in English, where we can say Bob for Robert or Sue for Susan, many names in Spanish have accepted variants. Some nicknames are formed simply by chopping off the end (Mauricio â Mau, Fernando/a â Fer, Victor â Vic) or by adding a diminutive suffix (âMiguel â Miguelito).
Peristalsis is a series of muscle contractions that occur in your digestive tract. Peristalsis is also seen in some organs that connect the kidneys to the bladder. Peristalsis is an automatic and important process. It moves: 1  Food through the digestive system. 2  Urine from the kidneys into the bladder.
1 Peristalsis in the striated muscle part of the esophagus is dependent on central mechanisms, involving sequential activation of vagal lower motor neurons in the vagal nucleus ambiguus. 2  Peristalsis in the smooth muscle of the esophagus is dependent on both central and peripheral mechanisms.sophageal peristalsis consists of sequential contraction of the circular muscles of the muscularis propria, which is largely mediated by acetylcholine. This sequential contraction serves to occlude the esophageal lumen and push the bolus aborally.