Movements of the Large Intestine

Question 1

gastroenteritis and gastroileal reflexes move material into cecum

Answer 1

while you eat

Question 2

movement from cecum to transverse colon is

Answer 2

very slow

Question 3

very slow movement from cecum to transverse colon allows for

Answer 3

hours of water absorption

Question 4

peristalic waves

Answer 4

move material along the length of the colon

Question 5

segmentation movements also known as

Answer 5

haustral churning

Question 6

segmentation movements

Answer 6

mix contents of adjacent haustra

Question 7

movements from transverse colon through rest of large intestine results from

Answer 7

powerful peristaltic contractions

Question 8

stimulus is

Answer 8

a distention of stomach and duodenum and is relayed over intestinal nerve plexus

Question 9

distention of rectal wall triggers

Answer 9

defecation reflex

Question 10

defecation reflex are

Answer 10

two positive feedback loops which are triggered by stretch receptors in the rectum