Digestive Reflexes, Hormones, and Control

Digestive activity is controlled by reflexes, hormones, and local signals. Receptors in the walls of the stomach and intestines detect mechanical and chemical changes. They respond to stretching, pH, osmolarity, and the presence of food and its breakdown products.

These signals activate glands an...

Along with the enteric nervous system, digestive activity is regulated by mechanical and chemical stimuli and hormones.

Various receptors located within the walls of gastrointestinal tract organs respond to stimuli like the stretching of the lumen or changes in the pH and solute concentration of the lumen contents.

Upon stimulation...