peristaltic

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What is the difference between an autonomic reflex and a somatic reflex? autonomic reflex is one that involves the response of an organ, such as the peristaltic contraction of the smooth muscle of the intestines, that is not controlled consciously.

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  1. Compressive; Contracting in succesive circles; of or pertaining to peristalsis; consisting in or exhibiting peristalsis. Peristaltic is sometimes used to designate waves of contraction running in the ordinary direction down the alimentary canal, while antiperistaltic denotes those running in the opposite direction.
  2. Noting that clectrostatic induction which takes place between two or more conducting wires when inclosed within the same insulating case, as in an ocean cable: a use due to Sir W.Thomson.

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  • Its blood vessels could have pumped the blood through a kind of peristaltic motion; or it might not have had blood vessels, but some sort of porous membrane through which blood passed under osmotic pressure. —  Asimov'sSF,Dec2003
  • A contraction known as peristaltic-contraction pushes the chyme from the stomach and as the stomach relaxes it send squirts of chyme into the small intestines. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • What is the difference between an autonomic reflex and a somatic reflex? autonomic reflex is one that involves the response of an organ, such as the peristaltic contraction of the smooth muscle of the intestines, that is not controlled consciously. —  no.stupid.answers
  • Products include a comprehensive range of metering pumps, gas pumps & gas chlorinators, progressive cavity, peristaltic, quality centrifugal pumps, drum and IBC transfer pumps, water driven proportional dosing feeders, fire prevention foam dosing systems, secure closed hazardous media dispensing systems and contaminant free gas compressors. —  Engineering News | Home
  • This occasions a worm like motion of the whole intestines, which is called their peristaltic motion The mesentery is a membrane beginning loosely on the loins, and thence extending to all the intestines; which it preserves from twisting by their peristaltic motion. —  Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease
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  1. = French péristaltique = Spanish peristáltico = Portuguese Italian peristaltico, from Greek περισταλτικός, compressive, from περιστέλλειν, wrap around (compress), from περί, around, + στέλλειν, set, place, bring together, bind, compress. Cf. peristalsis.
 

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