Gastrointestinal System — Flashcards

When the rectal pressure reaches _____ mm Hg, the external and the internal sphincter relax, and there is reflex expulsion of the contents of the rectum.

Defecation reflex: 1.Sensory nerve fibres carry information from the stimulation of _____ receptors in the rectum at 55mmHg, to the spinal cord

Viral hepatitis is an intrahepatic cause of jaundice, due to impairment in _____ of conjugated bilirubin into bile.

In starvation the gall bladder is _____.

When food leaves the stomach, the cecum relaxes, and the passage of chyme through the ileocecal valve increases and this is called _____ reflex

Pentagastrin stimulation in a patient of chronic gastritis will show a _____ in gastric acid secretion

Motilin is secreted by the _____ cells

The absence of vagal input to the esophagus will result in the elimination of _____ peristalsis of esophagus.