Multiple Choice
The migrating motility complex (migrating myoelectric complex, MMC) refers to
A) The pattern of gut motility immediately after eating a meal
B) The pattern of gut motility when anticipating a meal
C) The pattern of gut motility immediately prior to defecation
D) The “housekeeping” function of the gut during the interdigestive period
E) The movement of chyme out of the stomach
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