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Factors influencing the muscular activity of the normal colon

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

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It has been shown that the muscular activity of the normal colon is influenced by many factors, both extrinsic and intrinsic.

It has been shown that feeding by mouth produces a reflex activity in the colon and that feedings through a gastric fistula produce no reflex and that this is an appetite or taste reflex and not a gastrocolic reflex.

The effect of psychic stimuli upon the colon musculature has been discussed.

It has been shown that stimuli arising in adjacent viscera have a profound influence upon the muscular activity of the normal colon.

The effect of distention upon the colon musculature has been shown; also the effect of prolonged distention has been shown and discussed.

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  1. Miami, Florida

    P. B. Welch M.D.

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From the Research Department, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.

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Welch, P.B. Factors influencing the muscular activity of the normal colon. American Journal of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 4, 382–386 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999938

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