Abstract
Recent myoelectric studies support an old view that the colon, like the stomach, is made up of several functionally distinct regions. Gastrointestinal electromyography has enhanced understanding of contractions and flow in the stomach and small intestine, but the colon has been neglected. Smooth muscle electrophysiology began with the study of the tenia coli of the guinea pig. The study of that muscle, however, has done little to explain contractions and flow in the colon. The term "flow," unless suitably modified, will be used in this review to mean simply the movement of luminal contents without regard to direction or pattern. Also, the term "peristalsis" will be used only to mean moving ring contractions.
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