Abstract
Gastrointestinal (GI) motility is an essential function of digestive and absorptive processes of the gut, required for propelling intestinal contents, mixing them with digestive juices, and preparing unabsorbed particles for excretion. Pivotal to the discussion of mechanisms for producing defined patterns of motor responses are important and intimately related aspects of intestinal neurophysiology and motor regulation. Many principles presented in this section are intentionally oversimplified to provide a better conceptual framework for understanding both normal physiology and the pathophysiological mechanisms of various intestinal diseases arising from aberrations in intestinal motility and neurophysiology.
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Chang, E.B., Leung, P.S. (2014). Gastrointestinal Motility. In: Leung, P. (eds) The Gastrointestinal System. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8771-0_2
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