How does the salivation process work while you are eating? Food contains chemicals that stimulate taste receptors on the tongue, which send impulses to the superior and inferior salivatory nuclei in the brain stem. These two nuclei then send back parasympathetic impulses through fibers in the glos...
contractions per minute when recorded from the gastric antrum. A wave ofperistalsissweeps along the lower half of the stomach and along the entireintestineto the proximal colon at two-hour intervals after meals. These peristaltic waves can be halted by eating and can be induced by the hormone ...