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peristalsis

vr.tr.peristalsis · ACT.PRC

Let an agent explain peristalsis and its control, relay physiology across organs from medical references, describe disorders and the significance of visible peristalsis in general terms with routing to clinicians, and distinguish peristalsis from segmentation, mass movements and voluntary muscle action.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain peristalsis and its control, relay physiology across organs from medical references, describe disorders and the significance of visible peristalsis in general terms with routing to clinicians, and distinguish peristalsis from segmentation, mass movements and voluntary muscle action.

The wave-like contraction and relaxation of smooth muscle that moves contents along a tubular organ, most familiarly in the oesophagus, stomach and intestines where it propels food and waste, and also in the ureters carrying urine to the bladder, the bile ducts and the fallopian tubes; peristalsis is normally invisible, and visible peristalsis through the abdominal wall can be a sign of obstruction requiring medical assessment.

What it is for: Moving contents along tubular organs.

It can be explain the mechanism; relay physiology by organ; describe disorders with routing; distinguish related movements.

Distinguishing features

Smooth muscle wave

Enteric nervous control

Multiple organs

Clinical sign when visible

What it looks like

Not a visible object; rhythmic contractions, occasionally visible through the abdomen.

Physical character

oesophageal wave speed: about 2-4 cm per second

small intestine transit: about 2-6 hours

ureteric waves: about 1-5 per minute

How it is recognised

Wave-like smooth muscle propulsion

Gut, ureteric, oesophageal peristalsis; visible peristalsis

Segmentation mixes without propelling; mass movements are strong colonic waves; skeletal muscle is voluntary

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

phasic smooth muscle contraction

is controlled by - with hormonal input

enteric nervous system

is contrasted with - which mixes rather than propels

segmentation contraction

is mimicked by - in engineering

peristaltic pump

In practice

Families and kinds

oesophageal peristalsis

gastric and intestinal peristalsis

colonic mass movements

ureteric peristalsis

peristalsis in bile ducts and fallopian tubes

peristalsis in invertebrates and in engineering pumps

Standards and regulation

No regulation; clinical guidelines for motility disorders

Failure modes and hazards

Ileus and obstruction

Agents giving personal medical advice

Confusing peristalsis with other gut movements

Also called

visible peristalsisureteric peristalsis

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.peristalsis

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What peristalsis is.

Science.

Definition

Definition and mechanism.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is peristalsis, and how does it differ from segmentation, mass movements and voluntary muscle action? definition
  2. Is the question about physiology, an organ or a personal symptom needing a clinician? boundary

Organs

By organ.

Organs

Organs.

  1. How does peristalsis work in the oesophagus, stomach, intestines, ureters and other tubes? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific organ? action
Control Control.

Science.

Nervous

Nervous control.

Nervous

Nervous.

  1. How do the enteric nervous system, pacemaker cells and hormones coordinate peristalsis? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Development

Development and evolution.

Development

Development.

  1. How does peristalsis develop, and how widespread is it across animals? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Clinical Clinical relevance.

Clinical.

Disorders

Disorders.

Disorders

Disorders.

  1. What disorders affect peristalsis, such as achalasia, ileus and gastroparesis, in general terms? provenance
  2. Is the user describing symptoms of their own, which need a clinician? boundary

Signs

Visible peristalsis.

Signs

Signs.

  1. What does visible peristalsis indicate, and why does it need assessment? provenance
  2. Which entry fits bowel obstruction? action
Context Applications and history.

Context.

Engineering

Peristaltic pumps.

Engineering

Engineering.

  1. How do peristaltic pumps and soft robots imitate peristalsis? provenance
  2. Which entry fits peristaltic pump? action

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How was peristalsis described by Bayliss and Starling and others? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of physiology? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should ureteric peristalsis and motility disorders be separate entries?
  • How should medical references be linked?
  • How should the clinical sign of visible peristalsis be recorded?