Figure 8 - Diagramatic representation of manometric tracing demonstrating deglutitive inhibition.
From the following article
Physiology of esophageal motility
Hiroshi Mashimo and Raj K. Goyal
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo3
Note that the subject is making repeated swallows every 1 to 2 seconds. During the swallows there is no activity in the esophagus. The last swallow was followed by a peristatic contraction.
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