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Results 1 - 10 of 24 for Peristalsis
  1. Peristalsis 
    Peristalsis is a series of muscle contractions. These contractions occur in your digestive tract. Peristalsis is also seen in the tubes that connect ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002282.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Peristalsis Video 
    Peristalsis is a series of wave-like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract. It ... chyme that moves into the small intestine where peristalsis continues. Stretching out a piece of intestine will ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/anatomyvideos/000097.htm -
  3. Peristalsis (image) 
    ... move food through the digestive tract is called peristalsis.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9736.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Chronic atrial and intestinal dysrhythmia 
    ... muscle contractions that propel food through the intestines (peristalsis), causing a digestive condition called intestinal pseudo-obstruction. ... tiredness (fatigue).In intestinal pseudo-obstruction, impairment of peristalsis leads to a buildup of partially digested food ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...chronic-atrial-and-intestinal-dysrhythmia - Genetics
  5. ACTG2 gene 
    ... contractions that move food through the digestive tract (peristalsis). This condition mimics a physical blockage of the ... intestines and bladder to contract. As a result, peristalsis in the intestines is impaired and the bladder ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/actg2 - Genetics
  6. Your Digestive System and How It Works From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    ... rectum, anus, bacteria, gut flora, microbiome, nutrients, swallowing, peristalsis, digestive juices
    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/.../digestive-system-how-it-works - External Health Links
  7. Abdominal wall defect 
    ... contractions that move food through the digestive tract (peristalsis) in most children with gastroschisis. In these individuals, peristalsis usually improves in a few months and intestinal ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/abdominal-wall-defect - Genetics
  8. Megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome 
    ... contractions that move food through the digestive tract (peristalsis) and empty the bladder.Some of the major ... throughout life.After birth, the continued impairment of peristalsis (hypoperistalsis) often causes a digestive condition called intestinal ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...colon-intestinal-hypoperistalsis-syndrome - Genetics
  9. X chromosome 
    ... contractions that move food through the digestive tract (peristalsis).Some individuals with intestinal pseudo-obstruction have duplications ... abnormal layering of these muscles may interfere with peristalsis.Deletions or duplications of genetic material that affect ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/chromosome/x - Genetics
  10. Overview of the Esophagus (Merck & Co., Inc.)  
    swallowing,eating,esophageal ,motility disorder,peristalsis
    https://www.merckmanuals.com/.../overview-of-the-esophagus - External Health Links
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