Determinants of gastric emptying and transit in the small intestine

The sections in this article are: 1 Functional Division of Stomach 1.1 Methodological Aspects: Interrelationships Among Parietal Force and Manometric and Electrical Measurements of Gastric Motility 2 Gastrointestinal Motility During Interdigestive Period 2.1 Interdigestive Motor Pattern of Stomach 2.2 Interrelationships Between Gastric Motility, Secretion, and Clearance of Duodenogastric Reflux During Interdigestive Period 3 Gastrointestinal Response to A Meal 3.1 Swallowing 3.2 Early Postcibal Period 3.3 Plateau Phase 3.4 Declining Phase and Transition to Interdigestive Activity 4 Gastric Emptying Profile 5 Relationships among Gastric Emptying, Motility, and Structure: Mechanics of Gastric Emptying 5.1 Preliminary Processing: Antropyloric Grinder 5.2 Emptying Function 6 Effects of Gravity and Body Position on Gastric Emptying 7 Regulation of Gastric Emptying 7.1 Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Meals That Influence their Emptying From Stomach 7.2 Interactions Between Gastric Emptying and Gastric Secretion 8 Intestinal Motility and its Relationship to Luminal Flow and Absorption 9 Physiological Measurement of Transit In Small Bowel 10 Effect of Opiates and Sex Hormones on Intestinal Motility and Transit 11 Control of Gastrointestinal Motility: Physiological and Pathophysiological Implications for Gastric Motility and Intestinal Transit 11.1 Control at Level of Gut Smooth Muscle 11.2 Control at Level of Gut Intrinsic and Extrinsic Nervous Systems 11.3 Hormonal Control 11.4 Control at Cerebral Level