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Colonie Motility

GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY

Adaptiw lelłOtation (intralumin.il pressure inereased as contents enter bowel segment; Jater rruy return to normal as musculature relaxes to aCcommodate contents)

Figurę 7.22 Coionic Motility

Motility patterns in the colon include thosc chał propel luminal contents toward the rcctum (i.e., peristalsis and mass peristalsis) and łhose that prolong contact of the luminal contents with the absorp-łive epithelial cells. These Inter patterns allow suttident contact time for maximal absorption of fluid from the feces. Conditions that pro mote the própulsive patterns result in diarrhea.

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