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Caecum - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
Revision as of 10:57, 24 July 2008
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'''Transportation'''
'''Transportation'''
*Segmental contractions facilitate absorption and microbial actitivity.
*Segmental contractions facilitate absorption and microbial actitivity.
*Every 3-5 minutes, segmentation is replaced by ''mass movements''. This is similar to peristalsis, but large portions of the caecum contract simultaneously to move chyme into the colon.
*Every 3-5 minutes, segmentation is replaced by ''mass movements''. This is similar to peristalsis, but large portions of the caecum contract simultaneously to move chyme into the [[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology|colon]].
==Histology==
==Histology==