Gastroileal reflex

The gastroileal reflex is one of the three extrinsic reflexes of the gastrointestinal tract, the other two being the gastrocolic reflex and the enterogastric reflex. The gastroileal reflex is stimulated by the presence of food in the stomach and gastric peristalsis. Initiation of the reflex causes peristalsis in the ileum and the opening of the ileocecal valve (which allows the emptying of the ileal contents into the large intestine, or colon).^[1] This in turn stimulates colonic peristalsis and an urge to defecate.

References

^ Guyton, Arthur C. (1991). Textbook of Medical Physiology (8th ed.). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-3994-1.

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[textbookofmedicalphysiology8thed-1] Guyton, Arthur C. (1991). Textbook of Medical Physiology (8th ed.). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-3994-1.

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v t e Reflexes
Cranial nerve	Pupillary light reflex Accommodation reflex Jaw jerk reflex Corneal reflex Caloric reflex test/Vestibulo-ocular reflex/Oculocephalic reflex Pharyngeal (gag) reflex
Stretch reflexes	Arm Biceps reflex Brachioradialis reflex Triceps reflex Leg Patellar reflex Ankle jerk reflex Plantar reflex
Primitive reflexes	Galant Gastrocolic Grasp Moro Rooting Stepping Sucking Tonic neck Parachute
Superficial reflexes	Abdominal reflex Cremasteric reflex
Cardiovascular	Bainbridge reflex Bezold–Jarisch reflex Coronary reflex Cushing reflex Diving reflex Oculocardiac reflex Baroreflex Reflex bradycardia Reflex tachycardia Respiratory Churchill–Cope reflex
Other	List of reflexes Acoustic reflex H-reflex Golgi tendon reflex Optokinetic Startle response Withdrawal reflex Crossed extensor reflex Symmetrical tonic neck reflex Scratch reflex Escape reflex Escape response Avoidance response Knismesis and gargalesis Ideomotor reflex