Self-test questions: Chapter 43

Self-test questions: Chapter 43

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. All gastrointestinal structures have three layers of smooth muscle in their muscularis externa

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. The smooth muscle of the gut is of the multi-unit type.

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. The mixing of food in the small intestine is facilitated by segmentation movements

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. The smooth muscle layers of the gut contract with vigorous propulsive movements in the absence of action potentials.

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. The myenteric plexus lies between the longitudinal and circular smooth muscle layers of the gut wall.

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. The enteric nervous system is innervated by post-ganglionic parasympathetic nerve fibres.

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