Figure 2 - Diagrammatic representation of deglutitive inhibition.
From the following article
William G. Paterson
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo13
When swallows are performed in rapid succession, the pharynx and UES respond on a one-to-one basis, and the LES remains relaxed. However, peristalsis in the esophagus is inhibited until after the last swallow. (Source: Goyal and Paterson,2 with permission from the American Physiological Society.)
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