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

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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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