The imaging and modelling of the physical processes involved in digestion and absorption

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 394-405

  Schulze, K S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chyme; Gastric accommodation and emptying; Intestinal fluid mechanics; Intestinal peristalsis and transit; Luminal mixing

Indexed keywords

COLON; DIGESTION; DISPERSION; EMULSION; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIQUEFACTION; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; STOMACH MOTILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANIMAL; BODY FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84920995994     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12407     Document Type: Review

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