Name the four chemical messengers in the stomach that are used to control gastric secretions.
What will be an ideal response?
Control of gastric secretions is accomplished through complementary actions of the nervous and endocrine systems and involves four major chemical messengers: acetylcholine, histamine, and gastrin, which stimulate gastric secretions, and somatostatin, which inhibits gastric secretions.
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