Mark A. W. Andrews, associate professor of physiology and associate director of the Independent Study program at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, provides the following explanation.

Prokinetic is a term that means to promote movement. Some conditions that affect the muscles and nerves of your gastrointestinal (GI) tract can cause you to have dysmotility. Dysmotility is when your ...

Panel A shows the microscopic myoarchitecture of the circular and longitudinal muscle layers of the lower esophageal sphincter and stomach. The circular muscle fibers of the esophagus cross each other ...

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A male infant who was delivered at 28 weeks of gestation had bilious vomiting with abdominal distention and was unable to pass meconium. Physical examination showed intestinal peristalsis, as shown in ...

Esophageal manometry is an outpatient test used to identify problems with movement and pressure in the esophagus that may lead to problems like heartburn. The esophagus is the "food pipe" leading from ...

Motility disorders are conditions that affect the movement of food and waste through the digestive tract. There are many types of motility disorder and they can impact any part of the digestive tract, ...