MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The gastroileal reflex is stimulated by the presence of food in the stomach and gastric peristalsis. Initiation of the reflex causes peristalsis in the ileum and the opening of the ileocecal valve (which allows the emptying of the ileal contents into the large intestine, or colon).

Detailed explanation-2: -Each time a peristaltic wave reaches it, it opens briefly, permitting some of the ileal chyme to squirt into the cecum. When food leaves the stomach, the cecum relaxes and the passage of chyme through the ileocecal valve increases (gastroileal reflex).

Detailed explanation-3: -The gastrocolic reflex allows room for the consumption of more food via control over peristalsis and movement of ingested food distally toward the rectum. Myoelectric recordings demonstrate the reflex in the large intestine that shows a spike in electrical activity within minutes of food consumption.