GI Nervous Control
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- Nervous Control of GI System
- Enteric nervous system coordinates
- Autonomic network of neurons around GI tract independent of (but in communication with) parasympathetic/sympathetic nervous system
- Coordination of peristalsis (motility), segmentation (churning/mixing), and secretion (of enzymes and hormones) after eating
- Stimulated by parasympathetic activity (rest and digest)
- Inhibited by sympathetic activity (fight or flight)
- Enteric nervous system coordinates