Place the processes occurring in the digestive tract in the correct order.IPeristaltic waves of contraction propel the food along the esophagus.IIGastric juices are secreted with the arrival of food into the duodenum.IIIThe acidic chyme is transferred through the pyloric sphincter.IVHCl and pepsin begin digestion of proteins into shorter polypeptides.

A. I, IV, and III
B. II, III, and IV
C. I, II, and III
D. I, II, and IV
E. IV, III, and II


Answer: A

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