Biomechanics of the gastrointestinal tract

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 277-297

  Gregersen, H ^a   Kassab, G ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Distensibility; Mechanoreceptors; Peristaltic reflex; Strain; Stress; Tension; Tone; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE DISTENSION; MORPHOLOGY; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029808975     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.1996.tb00267.x     Document Type: Review

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