The enterohastric reflex serves to _________
a. relax the stomach in preparation for swallowed food
b. stimulate acid and enzyme secretion when food enters the stomach
c. stimulate intestinal motility when there is food in the stomach
d. inhibit gastric motility when there is chyme in the small intestine
e. relax the ileocecal valve when chyme is on its ways to the colon

Respuesta :

I think B. enterogastric reflex: One of three extrinsic reflexes of the gastrointestinal tract that is stimulated by the presence of acid levels in the duodenum or in the stomach that cause the release of gastrin from the G cells in the antrum of the stomach.

Answer:

The enterohastric reflex serves to inhibit gastric motility when there is chyme in the small intestine

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