PHGY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Migrating Motor Complex, Peristalsis, Git
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Emesis is the final , due to the. Git, the git is passive center at the medulla level. Small intestine : where most of the digestion and absorption take place. Slow propulsion to have enough time in small intestine. Mixing, we can absorb and break down. Main type of muscula contraction is segmentation, but there is small amount of peristalsis. Ber in small intestine and colon (very irregular) as well. Colon: the job is to reabsorb water and minerus, all the nutrients happen at the level of small intestine. The colon, the function is to reabsorb the liquid. The content of the colon, 1. 5l in 200ml out as feces. Long reflexes : no need to remember the name of the long reflexes but the key idea is that this is what stimulus the movement from one compartment to the next. The movement is from small intestine to the colon, colon to rectum (the end of meal. )