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Gastrointestinal physiology

 * Overview


 * Processes
 * Digestion
 * Swallowing
 * Vomiting
 * Peristalsis
 * Basal electrical rhythm
 * Gastrocolic reflex
 * Segmentation contractions
 * Migrating motor complex
 * Defecation
 * Borborygmus
 * Enterohepatic circulation


 * Exocrine secretions
 * Pepsin
 * Gastric acid
 * Intrinsic factor


 * Endocrine/paracrine secretions
 * Gastrin
 * Somatostatin
 * Histamine
 * Cholecystokinin
 * Gastric inhibitory polypeptide
 * Secretin
 * Motilin
 * Glucagon-like peptide-1


 * Composite fluids
 * Saliva
 * Gastric juice
 * Intestinal juice
 * Bile
 * Pancreatic juice