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Large Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
Revision as of 13:15, 6 September 2010
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*Cells are able to function as a syncytium due to gap junctions, allowing the action potential to spread.
*Cells are able to function as a syncytium due to gap junctions, allowing the action potential to spread.
**Contractions are generated in the forward (peristaltic) and backward (antiperistaltic) directions. Antiperistaltic contractions move ingesta into the caecum in some species.
**Contractions are generated in the forward (peristaltic) and backward (antiperistaltic) directions. Antiperistaltic contractions move ingesta into the caecum in some species.
*The formation of action potentials is under a much stronger neural influence than in the [[Forestomach - Anatomy & Physiology|stomach]] and [[Small Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology|small intestine]].
*The formation of action potentials is under a much stronger neural influence than in the [[Monogastric Stomach - Anatomy & Physiology|stomach]] and [[Small Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology|small intestine]].
*The large intestine recieves '''sympathetic''' and '''parasympathetic''' innervation.
*The large intestine recieves '''sympathetic''' and '''parasympathetic''' innervation.
**The sympathetic have coeliac, cranial mesenteric and caudal mesenteric ganglia.
**The sympathetic have coeliac, cranial mesenteric and caudal mesenteric ganglia.