Migrating motor complexes
MMC's are seen during fasting, they begin at the stomach and extend up to distal ileum Ref: Ganong 25th ed/page 497
Occur upon arrival of food in the stomach
Begin in the lower pa of the small intestine
Are initiated by pacemaker cells in the small intestine
Occur at a rate of 5 cms per minute from the stomach
G.I.T