General Animal Physiology Course Syllabus
Biology 436
 
Lecture 41:  Digestive System


Sherwood - Chapter 14

Objective:  A continuous flow of saliva is quaranteed through the neural imput from both simple and conditioned reflexes.

1.  Chemoreceptors of the mouth
2.  Swallowing by the pharynx and esophagus
        a. peristaltic waves
3.  Stomach
        a.  fundus, body and antrum
        b.  gastric motility
        c.  receptive relaxation
        d.  antral peristaltic contractions
        e.  chyme
        f.  gastrin

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