UNTIL recently, three more or less distinct types of intestinal motility were recognized —namely, pendular movements, segmentation and peristalsis. Whereas peristalsis was thought to be ...

Alexander Lake, DO, a gastroenterologist at AdventHealth, joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the globally syndicated health and ...

Your small intestine is around five metres long, making it the longest section of your digestive tract. Although it is longer than your large intestine it has a smaller diameter.

One of the causes is the spontaneous back-and-forth movement of the eye, called 'pendular nystagmus.' This phenomenon not only makes seeing difficult but also hinders social eye contact.

Paraffin sections of small intestine from E18 heterozygous (left) or homozygous mutant (right) stained with Alcian Blue (goblet cell-specific, a, b) or Grimelius (enteroendocrine cell-specific, c, d).