- The
gastrocolic reflex or
gastrocolic response is a
physiological reflex that
controls the motility, or peristalsis, of the
gastrointestinal tract following...
- The
greater omentum (also the
great omentum,
omentum majus,
gastrocolic omentum, epiploon, or,
especially in non-human animals, caul) is a
large apron-like...
- The
gastrocolic ligament is a
portion of the
greater omentum that
stretches from the
greater curvature of the
stomach to the
transverse colon. It forms...
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extrinsic reflexes of the
gastrointestinal tract, the
other two
being the
gastrocolic reflex and the
enterogastric reflex. The
gastroileal reflex is stimulated...
- such a way as to show what they
connect typically. For example, the
gastrocolic ligament connects the
stomach and
colon and the
splenocolic ligament...
-
recommended that
bisacodyl be
given after breakfast to
synchronize with the
gastrocolic reflex. Two
suppositories can be
inserted at once if a very strong, purgative...
- top-to-bottom margin:
Caudate lobe of the liver,
lesser omentum, stomach,
gastrocolic ligament Lateral margin listed from the most
anterior to the most posterior...
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lesser curvature of the
stomach and the liver. The
greater omentum (or
gastrocolic)
hangs from the
greater curvature of the
stomach and
loops down in front...
-
gastrointestinal tract, the
other two
being the
gastroileal reflex and the
gastrocolic reflex. The
enterogastric reflex is
stimulated by
duodenal distension...
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Fecal vomiting is
often a
consequence of
intestinal obstruction or a
gastrocolic fistula and is
treated as a
warning sign of this
potentially serious...
