The Physiology of Gastric Motility and Gastric Emptying

Textbook of Gastroenterology, Fifth Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 207-230

  Hasler, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal stomach; Gastric emptying; Gastric motor function; Gastric smooth muscle; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Migrating motor complex; Physiology of gastric motility and gastric emptying; Regional motor patterns in stomach and duodenum; Stomach innervation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873906668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303254.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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