Across
- 2. It's main paracrine function is to slow GI motility in the stomach and intestines
- 5. Muscle type that squeezes food through the GI tract
- 7. An antidepressant that works by increasing levels of dopamine and serotonin is likely to cause what change in gastric function?
- 8. What controls the contractions of the muscularis externa layer?
- 11. Hollow internal tube where digestive functions take place
- 13. The trigger of the enterogastric reflex
- 14. What kind of stimulation increases speed of gastric motility?
- 15. What is the innermost layer of the wall of alimentary canal organs?
- 16. _____ signals travel through the blood
Down
- 1. The receptive relaxation reflex is an example of what kind of reflex?
- 3. A branch of the ANS formed by the myenteric plexus and submucosal plexus
- 4. A condition in which the gastric pacemaker fails and food is retained in the stomach
- 6. Type of digestion that breaks down nutrients in chyme into individual molecular units
- 9. The main form of gastric motility
- 10. The esophagus is composed of skeletal muscle directly controlled by what?
- 12. The pancreas is an example of a _________ digestive organ