| gastrocolic reflex |
an increase in intestinal and colonic peristaltic activity following entrance of food into the empty stomach.
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| gastroileal reflex |
an increase in ileal motility and opening of the ileocecal valve when food enters the empty stomach.
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| gastropancreatic reflex |
an increase in pancreatic secretion induced by distention of the corpus of the stomach; it is mediated by the vagus nerve.
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| gastroesophageal reflux |
reflux of the stomach and duodenal contents into the esophagus, which may sometimes occur normally, particularly in the distended stomach postprandially, or as a chronic pathological condition (see reflux esophagitis, under esophagitis). Called also esophageal r.
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| gastrovascular cavity |
the body cavity of a coelenterate, which opens to the outside at one end to form a mouth; called also coelenteron.
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